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Asayîş or Asayish ( Kurdish for security) is the Kurdish security organization and the primary intelligence agency operating in the Kurdistan region in Iraq. The organization was established in September 1993 and has been often referred to as "intelligence agency", "security force", "security service", "security", "secret service", "secret police", or just "Kurdish police." Asayesh coordinates and shares information with Parastin and Zanyari, the investigative arms and intelligence gatherers operating in the Kurdistan region in Iraq.
It acts under the command of the Kurdish National Assembly and the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Its official goals according to the Kurdistan authority are:
- Counter-drug trafficking
- Counter-terrorism
- Counter-espionage
- Gathering intelligence
- Assessing threats to Iraq’s national security.
The organization has jurisdiction over:
- Economic crimes
- Smuggling
- Political crimes
- Espionage
- Sabotage
- Terrorism.
Asayish (also spelled Asayiş), the Kurdish term for "security", may refer to:
- Asayish (Kurdistan Regional Government), the official security organisation of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- Asayish (Syria), the security organisation of the Kurdish Supreme Committee in Kurdish areas of Syria during the civil war
Asayish or Asayesh may also refer to:
- Asayesh, a village in Iran's East Azerbaijan Province
- Dehkadeh-ye Asayesh, a village in Iran's West Azerbaijan Province
The Asayîş or Asayish (, Kurdish for security) is the police force of the autonomous cantons within the Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava. Formed in the early stages of the Syrian Civil War, it had initially been established to police areas controlled by the Kurdish Supreme Committee.