Photo shows vehicles belonging to the Iraqi Army and PMF driving during a military operation along the desert areas of Al-Hadar and Al-Baaj on May 17, 2026, extending to the border provinces with Syria. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/ AFP)
The two martyred soldiers have been identified as Ali Ramadan Ismail, a resident of Semel district and Mehvan Naji Mir Sharaf, a resident of Duhok city.
This picture taken on Sept. 24, 2018 shows an Iraqi inspecting a pistol at a licensed arms shop in the Iraqi capital Baghdad's eastern Sadr City district. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Lt. Gen. Ahmed Taha Hashim, popularly known as Abu Ragheef, is the head of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior's intelligence wing. (Photo: Handout/Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency)
Iraqi forces arrested at least 30 individuals as they tried to enter the country illegally, Apr. 7, 2022. (Photo: Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency/Facebook)