Digital ID holders exempt from security checks in Iraq region

Digital ID holders in Iraq will be exempt from routine security checks by police, according to a report from Shafaq News. Police in the governorate of Nineveh announced that the some two million holders of the country’s unified ID cards will no longer be subject to police checks, in order to improve efficiency in law enforcement and government transactions.

The capital of Nineveh, Mosul, was a central node in the conflict with the Islamic State, and was under IS control …

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