The committee is set to operate in coordination with Syrian authorities, who earlier in the day said they had foiled an attempt to smuggle a large shipment of "advanced weapons" from Iraq through Syria to the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in Leb
...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration...."Following the foiling of an attempt to smuggle weapons and missiles across the Iraqi border into Syrian territory," Zaidi, in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the Iraqi armed forces, ordered that "a high-level committee comprising the relevant authorities and specialists be formed to fully investigate all aspects of this matter," Baghdad's Security Media Cell (SMC) reported.
"Coordination will also take place with the Syrian side to determine all the details surrounding the operation and hold those responsible for any shortcomings accountable, in a manner that ensures the security and stability of the shared border and prevents any attempts to undermine national security," the Cell added.
Of note, the SMC is the media arm of Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC), which reports directly to the Iraqi prime minister.