Iraq

2023-10-03T21:15:08+00:00

Shafaq News / President Abdellatif Jamal Rashid of Iraq proposed the formation of a local government in Kirkuk through "consensus" among its diverse components. He emphasized that enacting the oil and gas law could resolve disputes between Baghdad and Erbil.

Rashid, in an interview with

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Iraq

2023-10-03T20:29:50+00:00

Shafaq News / Masoud Haider, Deputy Minister of Finance, emphatically stated on Tuesday that the Iraqi federal government cannot directly pay the salaries of employees in the Kurdistan region. This declaration follows the demands of four Kurdish political blocs in the parliament urging

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Iraq

2023-10-03T18:44:59+00:00

Shafaq News/ A security source on Tuesday evening said that the Media and Communications Commission issued an order to close the headquarters of "al-Baghdadia" satellite channels.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that "the commission dispatched a team, accompanied by a security force, to

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Iraq

2023-10-03T15:02:46+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, during a memorial event for late President Jalal Talabani, issued a call for dialogue aimed at sustaining stability in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq as a whole.

"All the challenges that may arise amidst the current circumstances

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Iraq

2023-10-03T16:05:24+00:00

Shafaq News/ The Coordination Framework, a consortium of mainly Iran-backed Shiite political forces, on Tuesday expressed discontent with a statement issued by the Taqadum Party criticizing former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

A statement by the Coordination Framework praised Haider

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Iraq

2023-10-03T12:10:53+00:00

Shafaq News / A local official in Saladin governorate revealed today the obstacles hindering the return of tens of displaced villages in the eastern part of the governorate since 2015. Meanwhile, a leader in al-Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) called for the development

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