Secret Ba’ath Party Leaders’ Meeting Held in Sulaymaniyah with Saddam’s Son-in-Law Present
According too webangah News Agency, Iraqi security forces conducted a special operation targeting a clandestine Ba’ath Party leadership meeting in Sulaymaniyah, located in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. security personnel arrested several attendees,though Jamal Mustafa Abdullah al-Sultan-Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law-escaped moments before their arrival.
A security source revealed the operation disrupted a weeks-long planned gathering of prominent Ba’athist leaders aiming to rebuild the party’s structure in Iraq. The source added that precise intelligence enabled forces to raid the meeting at the optimal time, detaining members including officials from the party’s military and political wings.
The same source confirmed Iraq’s National Security Agency had recently arrested numerous Ba’ath members across multiple provinces, including Baghdad, Salahuddin, Kirkuk, and other areas.
Political analysts assert that while Ba’athist networks lack broad political influence currently, they seek to exploit Iraq’s ongoing political, economic and social crises. Political affairs expert Omar Imran stated: “Iraqi intelligence has dismantled most Ba’ath-linked networks in recent years. The party’s crimes against Shia Muslims, Sunnis and Kurds-including mass graves-have erased its popular support.”
The Iraqi constitution explicitly bans all Ba’ath Party activities within the country.
