ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The activation of “proactive intelligence efforts” has begun by the committee assigned to uncover the details of the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia and the UAE from Iraqi territory, Iraq’s top military spokesperson said Friday.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Thursday reiterated Baghdad's condemnation of attacks on the UAE and Saudi Arabia emanating from within Iraq, asserting that an investigation committee will work jointly with the two nations and “take all security and legal measures against those involved.”

“Field measures will proceed along two parallel tracks: enforcing the rule of law and establishing security internally, and securing the borders and airspace to prevent any illegal exploitation,”Sabah al-Numan, Zaidi’s military spokesperson, told state media.

“The basic criterion for the success of this government is to make the state the only party that possesses power and decision-making authority,” he added.

Iran-aligned factions within Iraq carried out strikes on numerous neighboring states over the course of the US-Israeli war on Iran, complementing Iranian drone and missile attacks on regional nations deemed to be collaborating with the opposing side.

Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been targeted by such factions, with the Emirates' Barakah Nuclear Power Plant having come under drone attacks on Sunday which Abu Dhabi asserted originated from Iraqi territory.

The Saudi defense ministry on Sunday announced that it had intercepted at least three drones that originated from Iraqi airspace.

Numan said that the investigations will prioritize accuracy, and are not “subject to urgent media timings,” while reiterating that, for Baghdad, the security of its neighbors is “a red line.”

“The state will not allow the existence of positions parallel to its sovereign decision, and whoever’s involvement is proved, they will bear full legal and military consequences in accordance with the Anti-Terrorism Law and the military laws in force,” the spokesperson added.

In late March, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Jordan in a joint statement condemned strikes attributed to Iran-aligned factions in Iraq against neighboring countries and infrastructure, urging Baghdad to immediately stop attacks launched from its territory.

Restraining the actions of pro-Iran factions, many of which fall under the auspices of the state-integrated Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), has emerged as a key challenge for the new cabinet, with the US having repeatedly stressed the necessity of tackling the groups.

The recently-appointed premier has made the restriction of arms to the state a key element of his program for government.