Iraq security forces arrest several officials in anticorruption crackdown

Published 28 June 2026 · politics

Iraq is carrying out a sweeping anticorruption campaign targeting some of the political elite. It’s the latest chapter in what is becoming the country's biggest

Iraq is carrying out a sweeping anticorruption campaign targeting some of the political elite. It’s the latest chapter in what is becoming the country's biggest corruption investigation in years.

The state news agency says dozens of suspects were arrested across Iraq, most of them lawmakers. Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Baghdad, Iraq. Find

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