Shafaq News/ The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, on Saturday urged the Iraqi parliament to discard "partisan, sectarian, and ethnic speculations" and proceed with passing the emergency bill on food security and development.

"After the divine blessing of the law on criminalizing the normalization with Israel, it is imperative that

Shafaq News/ A lawmaker refuted reports about an agreement between the Coordination Framework and independent legislators over a candidate for premiership and hinted at efforts to mend fences between the former and the Sadrist movement.

"The Coordination Framework continues to hold serial meetings to deliberate solutions for the ongoing political

Shafaq News/ A classified military document issued by Baghdad's Operations Command warned of an attack that might target the ultra-secure Green Zone downtown Iraq's capital city, Baghdad.

Addressing the advanced headquarters of Baghdad's Operations Command in al-Karkh and al-Rusafa and the Commandos Brigade, the classified document obtained by

Shafaq/ Iraq's legislative body has formed a "crisis cell" to combat narcotics and illicit drugs in the Iraqi capital city, Baghdad, a press release by the parliament presidium said on Saturday.

First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Hakem al-Zameli approved a request by lawmaker Aliya Nasif to establish the cell under his chairmanship.

The request