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Shafaq News / "If it was not for me and al-Maliki... Saddam would not have been executed." This is how Judge Munir Haddad, who supervised the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, speaks on this day, December 30, 2006, coinciding with the first day of Eid al-Adha back then.

Despite 17 years passing since Saddam's execution, his

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Shafaq News / The American "Alhurra" website published a report that highlighted the status of Christians in Arab countries and their stance on celebrating the New Year amidst the war in Gaza, the civil war in Sudan, and the suffering of many Arab countries due to poor economic conditions, preventing citizens from obtaining Christmas trees. This

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2024-01-01T17:36:56+00:00

Shafaq News / The Emirati authorities released Basim Rahim Al-Jubouri, a 41-year-old citizen from Karbala province, after detaining him for 45 days in Dubai due to his posting of a "spontaneous" video about the UAE.

Al-Jubouri's family thanked Shafaq News Agency for following his case and

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2024-01-01T13:06:52+00:00

Shafaq News/ An Iraqi Shiite paramilitary group on Monday claimed responsibility for a drone attack on a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella of mainly Iran-backed Shiite paramilitary groups, claimed in an online statement that its fighters

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2024-01-01T13:30:00+00:00

Shafaq News/ The reported fires in Iraq decreased by 21% in 2023 compared to 2022, data the Green Iraq Observatory showed on Monday.

The observatory said in a report that 21,244 fires were reported in the country, excluding the Kurdistan Region, in 2023. The majority took place in

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2024-01-01T12:47:26+00:00

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Municipalities announced on Monday a mega-plan of 14 projects to solve traffic congestion problems in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Spokesperson to the ministry, Nabil al-Saffar, told the Shafaq News Agency that "fourteen

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