Shafaq News/ Iraq logged 1316 COVID-19 cases last week, the Ministry of Health and Environment said today, Tuesday.

The weekly epidemiological report on COVID-19 reported three deaths and 3138 recovery cases.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2457871, of whom 2429962 achieved full

Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, the Iraqi President, Barham Salih, deemed holding early elections as the way out of the situation in the country.

"Yesterday's scenes shook the souls of all Iraqis, hurt their feelings, and sank their hearts... We must admit that the political system and constitutional institutions could not avoid what happened." Saleh said

Shafaq News/ The United States welcomed Muqtada Al-Sadr's call for calm, calling all parties to resolve the crisis through dialogue.

"the United States welcomes recent calls for protestors to immediately cease conflict and withdraw from government institutions." The US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina L. Romanowski, said on Twitter.

"We are encouraged by

Shafaq News/ The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) praised, on Tuesday, the position of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, in ending the "dangerous" events in Baghdad and other cities, calling for action by the law and the constitution.

PMF stated that the Iraqis "lived during the past 24 hours in a state of fear and terror due to