Hours after the attacks, the Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji sacked the intelligence chief of Dhi Qar province and referred him to interrogation after the deadly attacks that hit the province, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.
In a statement issued by his office, the parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri condemned the terrorist attacks in the province, calling on the security forces and their leaders to develop security plans to ensure the protection of life and property in the province of Dhi Qar and all other provinces of Iraq.
The parliamentary Sadr bloc, loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, called for intensified security measures across Iraq and to detect sleeper terrorist cells that try to cover up the defeats of IS group, the bloc said in a statement.
Meanhwile, the Iraqi National Alliance (a Sunni bloc) in parliament condemned the bombings saying "these attacks indicate that the blind terror began to utter its last breath as a result of its confusion and despair due the loss of their redoubts in Iraq," said Salah al-Jubouri, head of the bloc.
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said in a statement that it "strongly condemns the cowardly twin attacks carried out by the terrorist Daesh (IS) on a restaurant and a security checkpoint in Nasiriya in southern Iraq, which resulted in numerous civilian casualties."
"The United Nations in Iraq is deeply saddened by these atrocious attacks, but this will not weaken the country's resolve in fighting terrorism, he said, calling on Iraqis to set aside their differences and unite in working together to eliminate the terrorist Daesh, which remains a threat despite suffering defeats on the battlefield," the statement said.
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