Shafaq News/ The head of the State of Law bloc, Nouri al-Maliki, urged the Iraqi Media Network to "reconsider its discourse", applauding the measures the Iraqi judiciary took against the "offender".

Last week, the Iraqi judiciary issued an arrest warrant against media person Sarmad al-Taie for "tarnishing the Judicial institution" in a talk show on

Shafaq News/ On Friday, the new U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Alina L. Romanowski, met with the U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and U.K. Ambassador Mark Bryson-Richardson.

According to the U.S. embassy, Romanowski noted her appreciation for the U.N. and the U.K.'s coordination with the United

Shafaq News/ For the third successive day, Iraq's border guards continue to demolish tunnels and safe houses discovered during a recent military campaign to pursue and hunt the remnants of ISIS terrorist groups in the country's western desert.

A border guards colonel told Shafaq News Agency that the ongoing operation aims to wipe out ISIS tunnels

Shafaq News/ On Friday, the Iraqi Air Forces struck caves of terrorists in Qara Jokh mountain intensively.

The Security Media Cell said that the Iraqi F-16 aircraft launched mass strikes targeting caves in Qara Jogh mountain between Erbil and Nineveh governorates.

The Cell added, "the Counter-Terrorism Service carried out an operation including