Baghdad, Najaf airports suspend flights due to dust stormBaghdad, Najaf airports suspend flights due to dust storm

Shafaq News / Baghdad and Najaf airports suspended flights due to severe dust storms on Monday.

The Poor visibility conditions forced the authorities to suspend all outbound and inbound flights, in addition to school and university exams.

Iraq is exposed to a deep pentagonal depression that brought strong winds, which in turn led to the formation of

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Lawmaker's bodyguards injured in a fire exchange in BaghdadLawmaker's bodyguards injured in a fire exchange in Baghdad

Shafaq News/ Two members of a lawmaker's personal protection team were reportedly injured in a fire exchange in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Sunday evening.

A source revealed that the personal protection officers of the State of Law Coalition's member, Muhannad al-Khazraji, were transferred to the Sheikh Zayid Hospital after sustaining gunshot

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Al-Sadr's shift to opposition: opportunity to his allies or extension to the last deadline?Al-Sadr's shift to opposition: opportunity to his allies or extension to the last deadline?

Shafaq News/ A member of the State of Law parliamentary bloc said that Muqtada al-Sadr's decision to adopt opposition is merely an extension of the 40 days deadline he announced earlier.

In a statement to Shafaq News Agency on Sunday, lawmaker Wael al-Rikabi said that al-Sadr's maneuver is a new opportunity for the political forces, including those

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PM al-Kadhimi comments on FSC's decision to annul the food security billPM al-Kadhimi comments on FSC's decision to annul the food security bill

Shafaq News / Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, said today that the government will face the Federal Supreme Court's (FSC) decision to annul the food security bill with providing electricity to the citizens.

Al-Kadhimi said in a statement that the bill is supposed to provide social protection, protect low-income classes, provide job

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Al-Sadr announces a temporary move to opposition Al-Sadr announces a temporary move to opposition 

Shafaq News/ The maverick Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced he will be heading toward opposition after the failure of the Iraqi political forces, including the Sadrist movement, in forming a government.

Al-Sadr said in a statement, "I am honored that the lawmakers affiliated with me are the biggest bloc in the history of Iraq. I am honored

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Parliament: the only solution left is to form the government Parliament: the only solution left is to form the government 

Shafaq News / The Parliamentary financial commitee said today, Sunday, that there is no solution to the current crisis but forming a new government. 

Member of the committee, Mustafa Sanad, told Shafaq News agency that there is no solution to the crisis that resulted in from the Federal Supreme Court's decision to annul the food security bill,

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