Iraqi authorities announced on Saturday the closure of several border crossings as part of administrative and security arrangements and an investigation into breaches and violations recorded there, while keeping the Zurbatiya and Mundhiriyah crossings open to travellers.
Legal measures to investigate border-crossing breaches
The Iraqi Security Media Cell said the relevant authorities had begun legal procedures, while intensifying intelligence, investigative and audit work to establish the circumstances surrounding the breaches and violations and develop appropriate remedies.
Social media platforms also circulated photographs and video clips said to document the closure of the Al-Shib, Shalamcheh and Mehran crossings, the prevention of passenger and goods traffic, and the suspension of journeys to and from them until further notice.
Investigative committee formed and Maysan operations commander relieved
In a related development, Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ali al-Zaydi directed on Saturday morning that an investigative committee be formed against the command of operations in Maysan province in the country’s southeast.
Sabah al-Numan, spokesman for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi army, said al-Zaydi had ordered the operations commander relieved of his post after it was established that attacks targeting Saudi Arabia had been launched from a site inside the province.
