Today, Monday, September 30, newspapers issued in Baghdad followed Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s renewal of Iraq’s position in supporting and standing with Lebanon, the political dimensions and historical meanings of setting a date for ending the mission of the international coalition in Iraq, and other topics, including the dangers threatening the marshlands due to water scarcity.
Al-Zawraa newspaper, issued by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, highlighted on its front page with a prominent title, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s renewal of Iraq’s firm and principled position in supporting and standing with Lebanon.
It stated, quoting a statement by the Prime Minister’s Media Office, that al-Sudani made a phone call to Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. During the call, he offered Iraq’s condolences, government and people, for the martyrdom of the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and his companions, during the sinful Zionist aggression that targeted
Beirut.
The Prime Minister reiterated Iraq’s firm and principled position in supporting and standing with Lebanon, and Iraq’s continued provision of all the assistance needed by the brotherly Lebanese people, stressing the need to coordinate Arab and Islamic efforts to stop the ongoing Zionist attacks that threaten the security and stability of the region.
The newspaper referred to the decision of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to postpone his official visit scheduled for the United Kingdom in early October to a later time, as a result of the developments of current events on the regional and international arenas.
It also touched on his meeting with the European Union Ambassador to Iraq, Thomas Seiler, where areas of cooperation between Iraq and the European Union countries were discussed, and developments in the region were reviewed, as well as the continued Zionist aggression on both Lebanon and Gaza.
Al-Sudani reminded the major powers of the need to assume their responsibilities in preventing
attacks and stopping the genocide of dangerous dimensions that the Zionist entity continues to commit against our Palestinian people, and its brutal attacks have extended to brotherly Lebanon.
Al-Sabah newspaper, which is issued by the Iraqi Media Network, was interested in the agreement on the date for ending the mission of the international coalition in Iraq.
It said in this regard: “Reaching an agreement to end the military mission of the international coalition in Iraq is the natural end that is destined to happen, but achieving it in this thorny regional and international circumstance is an achievement that is credited to the Iraqi government.”
It added: “In light of the region being engulfed by the fires of Israeli aggression and the massacres being committed in Gaza and Lebanon, and in light of everyone’s apprehension of the signs and portents of the expansion of these fires, and coinciding with the preoccupation of the US administration with the elections that have become very close, in light of al
l of this, what the government has accomplished in this regard becomes a historic achievement.”
It continued: “Anyone who notices the ground on which Iraqi diplomacy moved finds that it was full of traps and obstacles, starting with the security concern and fear of the repercussions of the shock witnessed by the region, and not ending with the concern of returning Iraq to international isolation politically and economically, especially at this stage in which Muhammad Shia al-Sudani and his team have made great strides in improving Iraq’s image, empowering it economically, and consolidating the government’s strength through clear service achievements.”
As for the newspaper / Al-Zaman /, it followed up on the topic of the risks threatening the marshes and their inhabitants, due to water scarcity.
In an interview conducted by the newspaper with water expert, Jumaa al-Daraji, he attributed the drying up of the Maysan marshes to poor water management and the absence of a theory of damage sharing.
Al-Daraji sai
d: “The mismanagement of water and the deprivation of the southern regions of their sufficient share led to the drying up of the marshes and the recording of cases of animal and fish deaths,” stressing the need for Iraq to move towards the theory of sharing the damage in order to save what remains of the marshland.
The expert explained: “There are available quantities of water, but their distribution is unfair, due to a defect in management and red flags in the management of the marshland, which caused a great shortage in southern Iraq.”
He added: “The late policy in water management led to the deterioration of the biological system in the marshland,” calling on the government and the Ministry of Resources to provide water and distribute it fairly, and deliver it with the aim of protecting the marshes from drought and extinction.
Al-Daraji called on the ministry to allocate a fixed share for the marshland areas from water releases at the minimum level it decides, to preserve the lives of animals and fish,
and reduce the migration of marshland residents.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency