Shafaq News/ The finance committee in the Iraqi parliament is waiting for a political consensus to defer the emergency bill on food security to voting, a source from inside the committee revealed on Saturday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that the rapporteur of the Committee authorized the members to consult their corresponding blocs over the

Shafaq News/ The Secretary-General of the Iraqi National Project, Hisham al-Dhari, lambasted the state's abandonment of the Christian community, calling for unearthing the Khasfa mass grave in Nineveh.

Speaking in a press conference on Sunday, al-Dhari said, "the political process shall prioritize Iraq's interest. Otherwise, the political deadlock

Shafaq News/ Dhi Qar's governor Mohammad al-Ghazzi urged the governorate's representatives in the Iraqi parliament to call for an urgent session to ponder solutions for unemployment in Dhi Qar.

In a statement to Shafaq News Agency, al-Ghazzi proposed a "roadmap of six axes to end unemployment in Dhi Qar."

"The appointments are a central issue

Shafaq News/ A group of demonstrators on Sunday organized a picket at the Nasiriyah oil refinery in Dhi Qar, southern Iraq, to demand jobs.

The demonstrators blocked the road leading to the oil facility with burning tires, according to Shafaq News Agency correspondent.