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Iraq launches investigations into suspected oil smuggling

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Iraqi media reported on 11 November 2026 that Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi had ordered an investigation into suspected petroleum-product smuggling at Jurf al-Nasr in northern Babil province. A parliamentary committee was also announced.

Al-Mada says it examined a document from the intelligence and security secretariat dated 11 November. According to that document, the government committee must investigate and submit findings to the commander-in-chief.

Reports also describe parliamentary inquiries concerning intelligence reports and the Khor Mor gas-field attack. These strands do not establish that a single network connects them.

Suspicions are not judicial findings. The retained sources provide neither verified oil quantities, established financial losses nor conclusively assigned responsibility.

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