UNICEF and UNMAS call for an Iraq free of explosive ordnanceUNICEF and UNMAS call for an Iraq free of explosive ordnance

Shafaq News / No matter where they are used, explosive ordnance endanger a child's most fundamental rights. On International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, UNICEF and UNMAS call on governments to avoid the use of explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA), and to speak out to protect children and civilians worldwide from

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Explosion targets a Coalition convoy in BaghdadExplosion targets a Coalition convoy in Baghdad

Shafaq News/ A blast from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global coalition in Baghdad today, Tuesday.

A source told Shafaq News agency that the explosion targeted a supply convoy of the Coalition within the governorate's borders.

The attack resulted in no human casualties and the convoy resumed its march toward its

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Security forces arrest a prominent drug dealer in Al-DiwaniyahSecurity forces arrest a prominent drug dealer in Al-Diwaniyah

Shafaq News/ On Monday, the Falcons Intelligence Cell announced the arrest of a significant drug dealer accused of killing the assistant director of the counter-narcotics department in Al-Diwaniyah.

A security source told Shafaq News Agency, "A detachment affiliated with the Al-Diwaniyah's counter-narcotics Directorate raided the site of the

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KDP's media does not target the Iraqi Arab public, Kurdish official saysKDP's media does not target the Iraqi Arab public, Kurdish official says

Shafaq News/ On Monday, a Kurdish political official denounced the political offensive against the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).

The KDP member, the former Iraqi Minister of Construction and Housing, Bankin Rekani, told Shafaq News Agency, "there are some Political parties that were in the era of the previous regime begging for help and

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Leader Barzani: KHABAT Newspaper published a peaceful message to the Kurdish peopleLeader Barzani: KHABAT Newspaper published a peaceful message to the Kurdish people

Shafaq News/ On Monday, the Kurdish leader, Masoud Barzani, said that the Central Newspaper of the Kurdistan Democratic Party is a platform to deliver an authentic and peaceful message to the Kurdish people.

On the sixty-third anniversary of its public establishment (in 1959), the Kurdish leader stressed that the Khabat “played a leading and p

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Al-Halboosi curtails the powers of his first deputy; the latter adduces a federal rulingAl-Halboosi curtails the powers of his first deputy; the latter adduces a federal ruling

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi on Monday issued a circular stipulating that administrative orders should not be put into force unless signed by him; and his Deputy, Hakem al-Zameli, adduces the Federal Supreme Court as a counter-argument.

In a correspondence to the Secretary-General of the Council of Representatives and

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