Shafaq News / The U.S. Consul General in Erbil, Robert Palladino, sent a shared farewell speech on the occasion of the end of his mission in the Kurdistan Region.

Palladino said in his message, "To my Dear Friends in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, my one-year diplomatic assignment to Kurdistan is ending, and although I must sadly say Farewell,

Shafaq News / The Al-Siyada Alliance led by Khamis al-Khanjar condemned the "attack" on the office of MP Raad Al-Dahlaki, the Alliance's leader in Diyala.

Angry protesters on Monday attacked the Diyala office of an al-Siyada lawmaker in response to his demands to kick out the PMF outside "the Sunni territories." 

"Targeting a deputy that represents

Shafaq News/ On Monday, ISIS elements attempted to smuggle to Diyala Governorate.

A source in the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) told Shafaq News Agency; that the PMF foiled an infiltration by ISIS when a terrorist group approached security in the Naft Khana sector 85 km east of Baqubah.

PMF launched a campaign in the vicinity of the incident.

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi President, Barham Salih, received US Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday in Baghdad.

In a statement, the Iraqi Presidency said the two sides discussed "the strong bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them in the political, economic and cultural fields ."

Both sides also highlighted the "importance of