Iraq

2023-12-04T11:30:44+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraqi President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid and Iranian Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Baqeri on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to bolstering security ties between the two nations in a bid to address shared challenges.

During a meeting in Baghdad, Rashid commended the

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Iraq

2023-12-04T11:06:10+00:00

Shafaq News/ The Coordination Framework, a consortium of mainly Iran-backed Shiite political forces, is scheduled to meet on Monday evening to discuss potential replacements for the ousted parliament speaker, Mohammad al-Halboosi.

Last week, Former Parliament Speaker al-Halboosi appeared

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2023-12-04T10:12:48+00:00

Shafaq News/ The leader of al-Nujaba movement, Akram al-Kaabi, on Monday vowed to avenge the death of five of his fighters who were killed in a U.S. airstrike on Sunday.

In a statement, al-Kaabi said the strike was a "cowardly act" and that the United States would pay "a hefty price."

"The

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2023-12-04T06:58:37+00:00

Shafaq News/ Unidentified armed groups reportedly targeted the headquarters of the Islamic Dawa Party in the city of Najaf, on Monday.

The attack followed two similar attacks on Dawa Party headquarters in the southern governorates of Wasit and Basra.

A security source told Shafaq News

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Shafaq News/ March 2023 was a historically significant month for the Middle East, as China successfully brokered a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The two regional powers had been supporting different and opposing groups in armed conflicts since the Arab Spring of 2011 onwards. Conflicts and wars in the Middle East are no rare

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2023-12-03T20:52:31+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Acting Parliament Speaker, Muhsin al-Mandlawi, met with Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Tehran on Sunday for talks on Gaza, Fayli Kurds, and Baghdad-Tehran ties.

A readout by al-Mandalawi's bureau said that the Iraqi delegation raised the issue of

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