Samarra operations Command: The security forces continue implementing Arbaeen Pilgrimage plan

INA-  BAGHDAD

 The Samarra Operations Command confirmed Thursday, that the security forces are continuing to implement the plan for the Arbaeen pilgrimage in the cities of Samarra and Balad, while setting the date for the end of the alert state of the security forces in the district.

The Samarra Operations Commander, Major General Ali Mithjal al-Maliki, told the Iraqi News Agency INA that "The Samarra Operations Command is still continuing to implement the special security plan to protect pilgrims on the occasion of the Arbaeen of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), because the foreign pilgrims begin to return to the city of Samarra after completing the pilgrimage in holy Karbala," noting that "the security forces continue alert state until next Monday, until the completion of the pilgrimage, which will be in Samarra and the district of Balad."

He continued that "The Samarra Operations Command and the units attached to it from the federal police, as well as the Popular Mobilization Forces, carried out several preemptive operations, especially on the separating borders with the Anbar, Diyala and Salah al-Din Operations Command, as well as the Baghdad Operations Command, which yielded good results, including the seizure of materials left by ISIS gangs (explosive devices, mortar bombs and ammunition buried in certain areas).