Parliamentary delegation arrives in Baku to attend the NAM conferenceParliamentary delegation arrives in Baku to attend the NAM conference

Shafaq News / A Parliamentary delegation arrived in Baku to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference taking place in the Azerbaijani capital city.

The Parliament said in a statement that the delegation is headed by Deputy Speaker, Shakhwan Abdullah.

MPs Kareem Shakur Mohammed, Mohammed Rasul Dakhel, and Hamed Ahmed Saleh are members of the

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Al-Ghazlani camp crisis to be solved soon, governor saysAl-Ghazlani camp crisis to be solved soon, governor says

Shafaq News / The governor of Nineveh, Najm al-Jubouri, announced obtaining government approval to implement Resolution Nb. 287 regarding al-Ghazlani camp.

Al-Ghazlani is the largest and oldest camp of the Iraqi army, in Mosul, and turned into an ISIS headquarters when the terrorist organization invaded the city back in 2014.

Al-Jubouri said in a

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Al-Hakim would not participate in the next governmentAl-Hakim would not participate in the next government

Shafaq News/ The Al-Hikma Movement led by Ammar al-Hakim revealed its position regarding dissolving the parliament and the early elections.

Rahim Al-Aboudi, a leader in Al-Hikma, told Shafaq News Agency that the Movement will not participate in the next government, and we will study the options to choose the prime minister."

Concerning holding early

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Iraqi presidency to al-Sadr: Salih is supportive to the Palestinian causeIraqi presidency to al-Sadr: Salih is supportive to the Palestinian cause

Shafaq News/ A spokesperson to the Iraqi Presidency on Tuesday defended his stance toward the Palestinian cause after a heavy reproach by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr.

"The Iraqi presidency has received the law on criminalizing the normalization with Israel deferred by the parliament to complete its issuance and

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The Shiite Framework did not choose a specific figure for the first deputy speaker post, sourceThe Shiite Framework did not choose a specific figure for the first deputy speaker post, source

Shafaq News/ A source in Shiite Coordination Framework confirmed that its forces are still discussing choosing a candidate for the position of the first deputy speaker of the Iraqi Parliament.

The source denied to Shafaq News Agency that the Framework decided to nominate a specific figure for this post.

"The meetings of the Framework forces are

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COVID-19: four deaths and 594 new cases in IraqCOVID-19: four deaths and 594 new cases in Iraq

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 594 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday.

In its daily epidemiological report on COVID-19, the Ministry registered 2212 recovery cases and two deaths.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2343265, of whom 2307273 recovered

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