Observatory: The funds from Operation Dawn are equivalent to the monthly salaries of several ministries.
Observatory: The funds from Operation Dawn are equivalent to the monthly salaries of several ministries.
2026-08-09
Shafaq News – Baghdad
An analysis by the “Echo Iraq” observatory on Sunday showed that the stolen funds recovered by the state in what is known as “Operation Dawn” exceed the monthly salary expenses of a number of ministries and government agencies, and amount to the equivalent of the salaries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a whole month .
The observatory stated in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency that the total cash amount of the recovered funds amounted to about 390.08 billion Iraqi dinars, after converting an amount of 141 million dollars into Iraqi dinars .
He added that adding the value of the recovered gold, amounting to half a ton, at a price of 185,000 dinars per gram, raises the total value of recovered funds to about 482.6 billion Iraqi dinars .
The observatory explained that this amount exceeds the monthly salary expenses of a number of ministries, including the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Migration and Displacement, and the Ministry of Oil, and is roughly equivalent to the salaries of the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its diplomatic staff for a whole month .
He pointed out that the value of the recovered funds is also equivalent to about half of the Kurdistan Region’s monthly share of the federal budget, which includes funding for the salaries of the region’s employees .
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