Shafaq News / Major General Kuthayr Abdulrahman was appointed as the new head of al-Jazeera and al-Badiyah operations Command, a security source reported.

The source told Shafaq News agency that the Command's headquarters is located in Haditha, west of al-Anbar and Nineveh governorates, near the Iraqi-Syrian borders.

Earlier today, a senior security source reported that Major General Ali Fadel Omran was appointed as the head of the Diyala operations Command, replacing Major General Raad al-Jubouri, following the 11-victims massacre that took place in al-A'dhaim.

The source told Shafaq News agency that al-Jubouri will be transferred to the Ministry of Defense.

No further details were disclosed.