Iraq

2023-09-02T12:53:33+00:00

Shafaq News/ Over 3.5 million foreign devotees have arrived in Iraq to partake in the Arbaeen pilgrimage this year, Iraq's Interior Minister Abdul-Amir al-Shammari said on Saturday.

"The world is watching this million-strong pilgrimage, and it's imperative to surmount challenges for its

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Iraq

2023-09-02T12:12:09+00:00

Shafaq News/ A majority of Arab young people oppose normalizing ties with Israel, a recent poll conducted by "Echos BCW" revealed.

The survey, published on Saturday, indicates a unanimous resistance from the youth in Iraq and Palestine, with 100% opposing the idea of diplomatic

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Iraq

2023-09-02T09:45:15+00:00

Shafaq News/ Local police on Saturday reported the downing of a drone that was surveilling the pilgrims participating in the Arbaeen observance in the east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

The device was controlled by a member of a religious movement that's banned in Iraq, a police press

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Iraq

2023-08-31T06:45:47+00:00

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday that the number of visitors arriving in the country to participate in the Arbaeen pilgrimage surpassed two million. These visitors entered through eight ports and three airports to partake in one of the world's largest

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Iraq

2023-09-02T08:43:37+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Prime Minister, Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, on Saturday morning laid the foundation stone for a railway project at the Shalamcheh border crossing in the southern governorate of Basra.

Mohammad Mokhber, Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was present for the

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Iraq

2023-08-30T17:21:01+00:00

Shafaq News / A security source in Basra province reported today, Wednesday, that a security force managed to thwart the entry of military equipment belonging to a foreign company operating in one of the oil fields in the province.

The source stated in an interview with Shafaq News Agency

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