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  • Iraqi court sentences 7 drug dealers to death

    Iraqi court sentences 7 drug dealers to death
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    Baghdad, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua/NAN) An Iraqi court has issued death sentences to seven drug dealers, including a foreigner.
    “The Central Criminal Court issued a verdict to execute seven drug dealers, including a foreigner, who were convicted of trafficking narcotic substances,” the Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement, without specifying the nationality of the foreigner.
    The council noted that the convicts were sentenced to death for importing and exporting narcotic substances from neighboring countries.
    The chaos and conflicts that have engulfed Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003 impeded Iraqi governments from effectively addressing the threat of drugs.
    In May 2023, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani underlined the importance of waging “a war on drugs.
    He said that drug dealing remains one of the main ways of financing terrorism, and the circulation of drugs flourishes in the shadow of terrorism. (Xinhua/NAN) (www.nannes.ng)
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  • Over 62 dead in Israeli attacks on central Gaza

    Over 62 dead in Israeli attacks on central Gaza

    Death

    Tel Aviv/Gaza, June 5, 2024 (dpa/NAN) Israeli attacked on central Gaza killed at least 62 people including women and children, according to medical sources in the Palestinian territory.

    The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said they were investigating.

    Earlier, the IDF said it began targeted operations al-Bureij in central Gaza and areas in the east of Deir al-Balah on Tuesday.

    The IDF carried out airstrikes targeting military compounds and Hamas weapons depots, as well as underground infrastructure belonging to Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

    “Several Hamas terrorists were eliminated in the attacks,’’ the IDF said.

    Israeli soldiers had previously been deployed in al-Bureij at the beginning of the year, but later withdrew from the area.

    However, Hamas is still present in the densely populated area, the IDF said.

    Residents of the two neighbouring refugee camps of al-Bureij and al-Maghazi said on Wednesday that they had been uninterrupted attacks in the area.

    They said the attacks had been throughout the night and that thousands of people had fled to the Nuseirat refugee camp nearby.

    The IDF also continued operations in Rafah in the south of the coastal region, saying armed men who posed a threat to Israeli soldiers were killed. (dpa/NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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    Edited by Cecilia Odey/Tayo Ikujuni