The Terrorism File, Amnesty Loopholes, and Rapprochement with Syria: An Integrated System
The matter was not limited to corruption. It also extended to the terrorism file through two interconnected tracks — domestic and regional:
The Domestic Dimension: Loopholes in the Amnesty Law and the Release of Thousands
Since the General Amnesty Law came into effect in February 2025, tens of thousands of people have been released.
According to statistics from the Supreme Judicial Council, the total number of people released from prisons and detention centers under the law had reached 37,253 people by October 2025, while the number covered by the law — including defendants subject to arrest or summons warrants, those released on bail, and those convicted in absentia — reached 150,471 people.
Although the law ostensibly excludes terrorism-related crimes that resulted in death, permanent disability, or the destruction of state institutions, the amendment expanded the list of excluded offenses to include incitement, assistance, and recruitment.
The law also allows investigations and trials to be reopened for individuals convicted on the basis of confessions extracted under torture or evidence supplied by anonymous informants — a provision that could potentially affect around 30,000 detainees.
The Regional Dimension: Prisoner Transfers and Rapprochement with Damascus
In a related development, January 2026 saw the beginning of a U.S.-led operation to transfer more than 5,700 adult ISIS members from Syria to Iraq. The operation lasted 23 days and involved the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
Judge Faiq Zidan played a direct role, ordering the formation of a high-level committee of 11 judges, which completed the preliminary investigations in preparation for referring the prisoners to the competent courts.
On August 13, 2026, Zidan made an official visit to Damascus — the first of its kind — where he met President al-Jolani and the Syrian Minister of Justice.
The two sides discussed the case of Syrian detainees transferred to Iraqi custody and their legal status. They agreed to establish joint judicial committees that would hold continuous meetings to resolve issues related to their trials, in addition to cooperation in combating terrorism and corruption and exchanging legal expertise.
Although the Iraqi Ministry of Justice officially maintains that “the amnesty applies only to Iraqi prisoners and does not include foreigners,” observers fear that the growing judicial and security rapprochement between Baghdad and Damascus could eventually pave the way for using these laws or their loopholes to reclassify the cases of foreign detainees and settle them politically and legally.
🩻 Conclusion: Family Disintegration as a Cancerous Sign in the Body of the State
The controversy surrounding the so-called “Jaafari Code,” the breakdown of families, and mothers being deprived of their children is not merely a passing social crisis. Rather, it is the clinical sign exposing a much deeper dysfunction — much like the subtle changes detected during a medical examination that later prove to be an early warning of a malignant tumor spreading throughout the body.
A law that breaks families apart and leaves children displaced is the direct product of the same trajectory that stripped constitutional institutions of their independence, subordinated the Federal Supreme Court to a single centralized authority, and pushed through the “single-basket” legislation that provided legal cover for major corruption cases — such as that of Noor Zuhair — as well as amnesty loopholes that opened the door to terrorism-related cases and cross-border political deals.
And the bitter question that imposes itself is this:
When the “cancerous sign” becomes clearly visible in the form of social and legal disintegration, can recovery truly be expected from those who wielded the surgeon’s scalpel and fundamentally engineered the disease in the first place?
Trump Suggests Destruction of Los Angeles and San Diego Could Be Acceptable in Conflict with Iran
The U.S. President described the potential loss of cities as a
"small price"
to pay for ensuring the safety of the country and the world.
Trump stated the need for a "grand victory" over Tehran, which would validate the actions of his administration.
"They could destroy a city, let them destroy Los Angeles, let them destroy San Diego. It's a very small price to pay, and it will all be over very soon. In fact, it's almost over But it will end soon, one way or another,"
he said.