Shafaq News/ A senior commander of the Islamic State group has been killed in a security operation in Nineveh, Iraq's Federal Intelligence Agency said in a statement on Saturday.

The statement said that the operation was carried out under the auspices of the interior minister.

"The Federal Intelligence Agency, in cooperation with the Joint

Shafaq News/ The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres congratulated Abdul Latif Rashid on his election as President of the Republic of Iraq.

Guterres expressed confidence in President Rashid, "your experience and leadership will have a decisive role in building a united federal democratic state that serves the interests of the Iraqi people."

The

Shafaq News/ On Saturday, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) raided ISIS positions in the areas among Diyala, Saladin and Kirkuk governorates.

A PMF leader told Shafaq News Agency that the PMF artillery bombarded five ISIS sites in the border areas between the Al-Azim district, north of Diyala, and the outskirts of Kirkuk and Saladin, which

Shafaq News / The US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, spoke with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid to congratulate him on assuming his position.

According to the Iraqi Presidency, the US Secretary expressed happiness for the "peaceful and democratic" procedure in electing the head of state in Iraq and forming a government that would support