The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research held a training workshop on reducing violent extremism through education in Iraq in cooperation with UNESCO. The Director-General of the Studies, Planning and Follow-up Department, Dr. Ihab Naji Abbas, said in his speech that the Ministry of Education works with international organizations interested in eliminating extremism by organizing courses And scientific workshops to develop the specialized staff to reduce this phenomenon and work to lay the foundations of communication and societal peace and the rejection of hatred.

For his part, the Associate Director of the Reduction of Violent Extremism Program at UNESCO, Mr. Hammam Talal, indicated that UNESCO, through its cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, seeks to train several leaders in universities in several Iraqi governorates on the topics of critical thinking, media and information literacy to curb extremism Violent violence through education in Iraq.

The workshop included training programs on how to verify news information using information verification techniques, media messages, and mechanisms of understanding, analysis, and evaluation.