Shafaq News/ On Thursday, the Iraqi parliament voted by an absolute majority for the ministerial program and cabinet of Muhammad Shia’a Al-Sudani.

The new cabinet includes 21 ministers as follows:

• Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs: Fuad Hussein.

• Second deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil: Hayan Abdul Ghani.

• Third deputy Prime

Shafaq News/ Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani and former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Thursday said they both uphold Mohammad Shiyaa al-Sudani's incoming government, and the latter denounced the repeated attacks on the Kurdistan region.

The president of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) received the head of Al-Wataniyah (Patriotic) bloc in the

Shafaq News/ A chorus of lawmakers have been lobbying their colleagues to vote for former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as vice president of Iraq, a source revealed on Thursday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that the pro-Maliki lobby is pushing for enlisting the vote in the session taking place today.

"So far, there has been no agreement on

Shafaq News/ Iraq condemned the attack on a Shiite religious shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz that claimed the lives of 15 and left scores wounded.

Yesterday, an armed man entered the Shah Cheragh Shrine in the evening before unleashing a rampage inside.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Iraq's firm stance