Shafaq News / A document issued by Imtidad movement confirmed reports about dismissing the Secretary-General and the head of the movement's bloc in the parliament, Alaa al-Rikabi, and Mohammed Nouri Aziz.

Yesterday, five members of Imtidad resigned from the party, citing what they called the Chairman’s (Alaa al-Rikabi) “unilateral decisions”.

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Shafaq News / The deputy commissioner of Tuz Khurmatu, Hasan Zein al-Abideen, revealed that two Katyusha rocket launchpads were seized in the district, in Saladin.

Zein al-Abideen told Shafaq News agency that the launchpads were found after two rockets landed at two different sites in the governorate. No casualties were recorded.

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Shafaq News/ Iraqi poet Muthaffar al-Nawab passed away on Friday, at 88 years old.

al-Nawab succumbed to his illnesses in a hospital in the UAE.

The Iraqi poet was born in Baghdad, in 1934 into a family that appreciated art, poetry and music.

He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Baghdad and became a teacher, but was expelled

Shafaq News / Shafaq News agency toured Baghdad's largest market, the Sank market, on Friday.

Clothes, perfumes, and different types of goods can be found in the market, located in Baghdad, al-Rusafa.

In general, the prices in the Sank market range between 1000 and 5000 Iraqi Dinar.