Shafaq News/ Iraqi security forces have apprehended an Air Traffic Controller (ATC) for participating in a strike organized by the Ministry of Transportation ATCs against signing an agreement with the British "Serco" Group.

A source revealed that a special force arrested Thamer al-Saffar, an ATC who serves in the State Aviation Company, yesterday, Wednesday.

"An asault complaint has been filed against al-Thammar," the source said, "arrest warrants have been issued against others."

On October 20, the ATCs of the Civil Aviation Authority started a strike after the director Muayad Hasan Yasin's decision to sign a contract with the British company. The Counter-Terrorism agency intervened back then to release Hasan, who was locked inside the Baghdad Airport by the protestors.