Shafaq News / On Sunday evening, the Iraqi Parliament resumed the voting process for the three-year budget law after a halt in the deliberations due to several contentious articles.

The Parliament continued voting on approximately twenty articles, while more than ten articles, including

Shafaq News / Hoshiyar Zebari, a senior member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, described the proposed general budget for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 as "disastrous and catastrophic to the country's economy." He warned of its repercussions, including inflation, currency

Shafaq News / President Abdullatif Jamal Rashid arrived in Italy for a multi-day state visit, in response to an official invitation from the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella.

Accompanying Rashid on his visit, which marks the first state visit by an Iraqi president, is

Shafaq News / The Iraqi Council of Representatives passed approximately twenty articles of the federal budget law for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 on Sunday evening before taking a half-hour break to continue the voting process.

Shafaq News Agency's correspondent reported from the