Salih Mohammed al-Harbjili reinstated as head of Diyala Sunni Endowment

DIYALA, Iraq — A source told an Iraqi news agency that Salih Mohammed al-Harbjili has been reinstated as director of the Sunni Endowment Office in Diyala province. The appointment reverses a previous day's decision that had placed him in the role and then canceled it under political pressure, the source said. The source said Majid Nidawi, who had been returned to the post after the initial appointment of al-Harbjili was scrapped, has now been removed. Al-Harbjili has formally resumed the director's duties, according to the source. The initial appointment of al-Harbjili, an Islamic State prisoner swap negotiator, was reported earlier this week before being reversed. No further details on the circumstances of the latest decision were immediately available.