Iraqi official urges Australia to take back alleged IS fighters during meeting with ambassador
Iraq’s national security adviser Qassim al-Araji says he told Australian ambassador that countries should repatriate prisoners
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A senior Iraqi government official has implored Australia to repatriate a group of suspected Islamic State fighters, raising the issue with Canberra’s top diplomat in Baghdad just weeks after the detainees were transferred out of Syria.
In a post on X, Iraq’s national security adviser, Qassim al-Araji, said he met with ambassador Glenn Miles last week, and told him that foreign detainees should be returned to their home countries. This is despite such a task being made more difficult by growing instability in the region, caused by the war in Iran. Continue reading...
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