The Military Intelligence Directorate foiled on Friday (May 8, 2026) two oil derivatives smuggling operations in Diyala and Salah al-Din governorates.

The directorate stated in an official statement that based on the directives of the Military Intelligence Director and within the framework of continuous efforts to protect national wealth, the intelligence and security departments of the First and Fourteenth Infantry Divisions were able to thwart a plan to smuggle oil derivatives through illegal and unlicensed tankers.

It added that the operation was carried out based on accurate intelligence information and organized field efforts, resulting in the arrest of the tankers along with their drivers in the two governorates, affirming that these operations come within a series of qualitative operations targeting oil smuggling networks and economic crime.