Shafaq News/ Syria has requested assistance from the European Union, two days after a devastating earthquake killed more than 11,000 people there and in neighbouring Turkey, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

"Earlier today, this morning, we have received a request from the

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani on Wednesday said that he will be visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) soon.

"In this visit, we will seek a sustainable partnership between our countries and people," al-Sudani told reporters, "we do not forget the diplomatic

Shafaq News/ Iraq will push for a unified government database, Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said on Wednesday, seen as a major step in the fight against corruption.

Al-Sudani today headed a meeting with Iraq's minister of telecommunications, Hiyam al-Yasiri, experts,

Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad S. al-Sudani, received Mar Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs, for the Syriac Catholic Church and his accompanied delegation.

Al-Sudani's media office stated