Shafaq News / The office of Nouri al-Maliki, the head of the State of Law Coalition, announced that the Coordination Framework (CF) and its allies will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the recent statements of Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of the Sadrist movement.

Al-Maliki's Secretary, Hisham al-Rikabi, said that the meeting will be held today

Shafaq News/ A member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's parliamentary bloc downplayed the impact on of the initiative launched by the Independent lawmakers and emerging forces, stressing that the resolution of the crisis is contingent upon the will of the classic powers.

"The solutions of the crisis fall in the territory of the classic

Shafaq News/ The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, lashed out at the Iraqi judiciary for backing the "disgraceful deeds" of what he called the "blocking one-third", hinting that he might pull out the streets card.

In a public speech he delivered earlier today, al-Sadr said, "the people are suffering from poverty...the audacity has

Shafaq News/ The Public Servants Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by the former head of Sunni Endowment, Saad Kambash, to annul his exemption from running the department as a caretaker.

A document issued by the court deemed the assignment of his successor Abdul-Khaliq al-Izzawi legally sound.

Earlier in May, Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister