alert in Basra because of the "invasions of white nights"

The head of the security committee in the Basra provincial council Jabbar al-Saadi, on Tuesday, to take strict security measures after receiving intelligence indicating the intention of terrorists targeting the province.

"Security forces have taken strict measures through a large security cordon and a field survey of markets and crowded places in the province," Saadi told Al-Ghad Press. "There are security threats every year, especially during the month of Ramadan."

He added that "these operations are called invasions of white nights and was obtained by the intelligence service," explaining that "was coordinated between the Basra Operations Command and the leadership of operations Rafidain as the decision-maker on the provinces of Maysan, Dhi Qar and Muthanna, and that the desert is the way used by terrorists."

Al-Saadi said that "Army Air Force participated in the aerial survey and follow up the desert and what is happening."

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