Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Council of Ministers temporarily suspended official working hours on Wednesday and Thursday of the following week.

The Prime Minister's media office said the Council determined This step was taken in observance of the commemorative activities for the Arbaeen ceremony.

Shafaq News / Turkish Trade Minister, Omer Polat, announced on Tuesday that an envoy from the Turkish President's office will soon visit Iraq.

According to a statement issued by the Iraqi Presidency, President Abdullatif Jamal Rashid received Polat at the Baghdad Palace, in the presence of

Shafaq News/ Coalition forces, including French soldiers, are conducting a sweeping operation against ISIS militants in the volatile al-Eith area following an ambush that left five troops, including several French, either dead or injured.

Ali Nawaf al-Hassan, a commander of the defense

Shafaq News/ Turkey's Trade Minister, Omar Bulat, on Tuesday unveiled plans for a trade route connecting southern Iraq to Europe via Turkey, dubbing it a "key route for global trade."

This announcement followed a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in Baghdad