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Shafaq News-
Baghdad
Iraq has
abolished the Joint Operations Command (JOC) and folded its functions into the
Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, a security source told
Shafaq News on Wednesday.
The source
did not say
whether the decision extends to the operations commands deployed across the Iraqi provinces or is limited to abolishing the central headquarters
and transferring its powers and files to the Commander-in-Chief’s office. The
fate of the leaders and formations attached to the command also remains
unclear.
Earlier this week, General
Abdul Amir al-Shammari, the former interior minister, was appointed as director
of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who
also serves as Commander-in-Chief. Al-Shammari’s remit covers coordination and
direction among Iraq’s security agencies and formations.
About JOC
Iraq created
the Joint Operations Command in 2007, at the height of armed operations by
al-Qaeda and rising violence in the country, to unify the management of
operations and coordinate between the Defense and Interior ministries and other
security agencies under the direct supervision of the Commander-in-Chief. The
command later played a central role in directing military and security
operations, most prominently during the war against the ISIS group, and in
coordinating security plans between federal forces and the provincial
operations commands.