COVID-19: 83 new cases in IraqCOVID-19: 83 new cases in Iraq

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 83 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Sunday.

In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 209 recovery cases and zero mortalities.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,325,157 of whom 2,297,956 recovered

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Salih receives phone calls from al-Sisi and bin TamimSalih receives phone calls from al-Sisi and bin Tamim

Shafaq News/ Iraq's outgoing President Barham Salih on Sunday received two phone calls from the Egyptian President, Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi, and the Qatari Prince, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad.

Al-Sisi and Bin Hamad extended greetings to Salih on the occasion of Eid al-Fetr, wishing peace and prosperity for the Iraqi people, according to a readout issued by

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Iraqi security forces strip 24 villages in Diyala of defensive armsIraqi security forces strip 24 villages in Diyala of defensive arms

Shafaq News/ Iraqi security forces have disarmed 24 Kurdish villages in the vicinity of Khanaqin, an officer of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) revealed on Sunday, warning of a backlash on the security of the district.

In a statement to Shafaq News Agency, the media officer of the KDP's Organizations bureau/15, Sherko Tawfiq, said that forces

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Iraq's second deputy parliament speaker calls for putting 2015's labor law no.35 into forceIraq's second deputy parliament speaker calls for putting 2015's labor law no.35 into force

Shafaq News/ The second deputy speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Shakhwan Abdullah, called for putting the Labor law no.35 of 2015 into force and reorganizing the worker-employer relation in accordance with Article 22 of the Iraqi parliament.

In a statement he issued on the International Workers' Day, lawmaker Shakhwan Abdullah expressed gratitude

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PMF fighter injured in clashes with ISIS militants in al-UdhaimPMF fighter injured in clashes with ISIS militants in al-Udhaim

Shafaq News/ A member of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) was injured on Sunday in a failed attack on a military site in the west of al-Udhaim district, northeastern Diyala.

The media officer of the PMF's 23rd brigade, Hussein al-Husseini, said that a group of militants affiliated with the extremist ISIS group attacked with

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Al-Kadhimi and Salih offer greetings to the Workers of Iraq on their international dayAl-Kadhimi and Salih offer greetings to the Workers of Iraq on their international day

Shafaq News/ Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and outgoing President Barham Salih extended greetings to the Workers of Iraq on the International Workers' Day.

In a tweet he shared earlier today, Sunday, the President offered "a respect and appreciation salute to the builders of the homeland and loyal hands."

"The tremendous human

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