Shafaq News / The Iraqi Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Abdulamir Yarallah, visited Diyala governorate to assess the adopted security plans as the Nowruz holidays approach, a source reported.

The source told Shafaq News agency that Yarallah, who was accompanied by a high-level security delegation, discussed with the security leaders and al-Hashd

Shafaq News/ Iraq summoned its ambassador to Lebanon, Haidar al-Barrak, spokesperson to the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed al-Sahhaf, revealed on Wednesday.

Al_Sahhaf said that Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein summoned al-Barrak to Baghdad following media reports about hindering an Iraqi diplomat from making a statement to the press about

Shafaq News / The spokesman for the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, Maj. Gen Yahya Rasool, announced today arresting eight ISIS terrorists in six Iraqi governorates.

Rasool said in a statement today that two terrorists were arrested in Baghdad, while four others were arrested in a military campaign that covered al-Anbar, al-Fallujah,

Shafaq News / Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, said today that Halabja deserves to be recognized as an independent governorate (province).

PM al-Kadhimi said in a tweet today, "Halabja, the martyr of tyranny, is a living witness to our people's struggle for justice; and a symbol for brotherhood and hope of a democratic Iraq."

"It deserves