The Head of the Supreme Islamic Assembly of Iraq (SIAI) stressed the necessity of increasing efforts for enhancing security and stability of his country. According to FARS News Agency, Seyyed Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, said in a meeting with Minister of Youth and Sport, Jassem Mohammad Ja’far that it is necessary to improve unity between political groups, increase efforts for eliminating terrorism and achieving complete national solidarity.

In the meeting which was also attended by SIAI member Abbas al-Bayati, he discussed the situation of Iraq’s Turkmen citizens in Kirkuk and Mosul provinces in northern Iraq, especially given the recent terrorist bomb blasts in Tazeh and Tal-Afar cities.
Hakim stressed helps to the families of the dead and the wounded of these bomb blasts. In two terrorist attacks last Thursday in the centre of Tal-Afar, 60 km west of Mosul, 36 people were killed and 36 people wounded.