Shafaq News/ A chorus of independent lawmakers are considering joining Mohammad Shiyaa al-Sudani's cabinet, fellow independent lawmaker Bassem Khashan said on Monday.

Independent lawmakers, according to a source familiar with the matter, will have a share of two seats in the cabinet expected to see the light next week.

"Some lawmakers want to be a

Shafaq News/ Iraq logged 193 COVID-19 cases in the past seven days, the Ministry of Health said today, Monday.

In its weekly epidemiological report on COVID-19, the Ministry reported 331 recoveries and one mortality.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the region amounted to 2461061, of whom 2435379

Shafaq News/ Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) fighters managed demolished an ISIS safehouse in the desert of western al-Anbar governorate, an official statement said on Monday.

According to the statement, a force from the PMF's 57th brigade launched a search campaign in the Om Hajar area of the western desert.

"During the

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shiyaa al-Sudani received the German ambassador to Iraq, Martin Jaeger, in his bureau in Baghdad, an official readout said on Monday.

According to the readout, al-Sudani discussed with his guest the bilateral ties between Baghdad and Berlin and cooperation prospects between the two countries.

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