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Iraq Executes 38 Terror Convicts

Kurdish Peshmerga forces detain ISIS extremists southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq October 5, 2017. (Reuters)
Kurdish Peshmerga forces detain ISIS extremists southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq October 5, 2017. (Reuters)
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Iraq Executes 38 Terror Convicts

Kurdish Peshmerga forces detain ISIS extremists southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq October 5, 2017. (Reuters)
Kurdish Peshmerga forces detain ISIS extremists southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq October 5, 2017. (Reuters)

Iraqi authorities on Thursday executed 38 detainees convicted of terrorism.

A security official at the Dhi Qar province said that the convicts were members of the al-Qaida and ISIS terrorist organizations.

In September, the Justice Ministry announced that 42 detainees were executed after being convicted on terrorism charges.

On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi warned that ISIS might "erupt again somewhere else" without international cooperation in combatting the extremists.

He said that “we have managed to break them" in Iraq, but added that it is a worry for everyone that ISIS has "this unfortunate ability to recruit young people very quickly."

He stressed there must be an effort to "remove their grassroots in the region."

Abadi called for continued international cooperation in training Iraqi forces and providing logistical and intelligence support.

The premier declared victory in the more than three-year fight against ISIS in a national address Saturday.

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France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
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France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)

Paris declined to comment on Algeria’s “strong condemnation” of the French government’s decision to recognize Morocco’s claim over the Sahara.

The office of the French Foreign Ministry refused to respond to an AFP request for a comment on the Algeria’s stance.

It did say that further comments could impact the trip Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is set to make to France in late September or early October.

The visit has been postponed on numerous occasions over disagreements between the two countries.

France had explicitly expressed its constant and clear support for the autonomy rule proposal over the Sahara during Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne’s visit to Morocco in February, reported AFP.

The position has helped improve ties between Rabat and Paris.

On Thursday, the Algerian Foreign Ministry expressed “great regret and strong denunciation" about the French government's decision to recognize an autonomy plan for the Western Sahara region "within Moroccan sovereignty”.

Algeria was informed of the decision by France in recent days, an Algerian foreign ministry statement added.

The ministry also said Algeria would draw all the consequences from the decision and hold the French government alone completely responsible.