A force from the 23rd Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces carried out a security operation to search villages in Khanaqin in Diyala Governorate. Brigadier General Bashir Al-Anbaki told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that a joint force from the first and third regiments, the engineering of the command and the 20th Brigade carried out a joint security operation to search the villages of Malik Shah, Imam Abbas, Aliwa, Jamil Bek, Shafiq Agha, Hussein Bek, Mahmoud Aziz, Al-Ikhwa, Ibrahim Al-Ali, and the villages of Joda and Al-Mayah. He added that the operation aims to secure the surroundings of Khanaqin and its villages in order to preserve the safety of citizens and enhance security and stability in the region. Source: National Iraqi News Agency