🔶 Confrontation between the Iraqi government and Kataib Hezbollah over oil smuggling.
Kataib Hezbollah Iraq, one of the armed militant groups closest to the Islamic Republic, on Sunday (November 15) rejected the accusation of involvement in oil smuggling and accused Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi of trying to put pressure on the group to disarm it.
This response came a day after the Prime Minister of Iraq ordered the dismissal of 9 security and oil officials and the referral of the accused to the judicial system following the investigation of oil smuggling in the Jarfal al-Sakar area in southern Baghdad.
Jarfal al-Sahar, located in Babol province, is considered one of the most important bases of Katab Hezbollah, and large parts of it are under the control of this group's forces.