Bassem Khashan supporters in al-Muthanna protest al-Halboosi's measures against himBassem Khashan supporters in al-Muthanna protest al-Halboosi's measures against him

Shafaq News/ Dozens of demonstrators took the streets of Samawa, al-Muthanna's capital city, to protest Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi's disciplinary measures against independent lawmaker Bassem Khashan.

Khashan's proponents chanted slogans demanding al-Halboosi's impeachment and waved banners saying "al-Halboosi is an illegitimate

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Local official denies reports about displacement waves in Buhriz Local official denies reports about displacement waves in Buhriz 

Shafaq News / The administrator of Buhriz sub-district (south of Baquba), Nizar al-Lahibi, denied claims that residents are leaving their houses, despite the drought crisis.

Al-Lahibi told Shafaq News agency that the Ministry of water resources has prepared a backup plan to limit displacement waves from the area, noting that the plan includes

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MP to collect signatures to dismiss al-Halboosi from his positionMP to collect signatures to dismiss al-Halboosi from his position

Shafaq News / MP Hadi al-Salami announced launching an initiative to collect signatures to dismiss Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halboosi from his position, due to his "behavior" with MP Bassem Khashan. 

Al-Salami said in a statement that his step is a response to al-Halboosi's "unconstitutional behavior" towards Khashan, to preserve the integrity

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PM al-Kadhimi condoles the death of UAE presidentPM al-Kadhimi condoles the death of UAE president

Shafaq News/ Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Friday offered condolences to the government and people of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the death of President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

"With Sadness and sorrow, we learned of the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of United Arab Emirates," al-Kadhimi

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CF to visit Najaf and meet Muqtada al-Sadr CF to visit Najaf and meet Muqtada al-Sadr 

Shafaq News / A source in the Coordination Framework (CF) revealed that the latter is planning to pay an unannounced visit to Najaf to meet the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr. 

The source, who preferred to remain anonymous, said that the CF will present its recent 9-points initiative to al-Sadr. 

The date of the visit is still

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COVID-19: 126 new cases and one mortality in Iraq todayCOVID-19: 126 new cases and one mortality in Iraq today

Shafaq News/ Iraq logged 126 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Friday.

The daily epidemiological report stated that one COVID-19 death was registered today. On the other hand, 128 patients had achieved full recovery.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the Region

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