Shafaq News/ Arabs fighting with the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) refused to take part in the ongoing confrontations with the Iraqi army in Sinjar's al-Shamal sub-district.

"Hundreds threw down their arms and left the YBS ranks after the clashes that erupted between the army and the forces loyal to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)," a source

Shafaq News/ Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Tuesday reiterated his country's commitment to joint action at both the Arab and regional levels.

Al-Kadhimi's remarks came during a phone call he held with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, on Eid al-Fitr.

According to a readout issued by his bureau, al-Kadhimi offered

Shafaq News/ The Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) in a statement on Tuesday accused Mustafa al-Kadhimi's caretaker government of executing a Turkish agenda in the aftermath of the recent confrontations in northern Sinjar, taking an aim toward the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).

"For a while, al-Kadhimi's government has made many attempts to attack

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 40 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Tuesday.

In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 218 recovery cases and a single mortality.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,325,287 of whom 2,298,392