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Shafaq News/ Iraq's ministry of foreign affairs (MoFA) on Monday "strongly" condemned the neighbouring Iran's missile and drone attacks that killed two and injured several others in the Kurdistan Region earlier today, Monday.

In an official statement it issued, the ministry said it "condemns, in strong and repeated terms, the missile and drone

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Exclusive: Iraq's National Security Advisor steps back from its role in repatriating Iraqis from al-Hol campExclusive: Iraq's National Security Advisor steps back from its role in repatriating Iraqis from al-Hol camp

Shafaq News/ Iraq's National Security Advisor has stepped back from its role in the case of the Iraqi families in Syria's al-Hol camp following attempts by the migration minister to bypass procedural safeguards, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that the National Security Advisor was the body in

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Al-Sudani and al-Mandalawi lay emphasis on swift drafting of a new budget lawAl-Sudani and al-Mandalawi lay emphasis on swift drafting of a new budget law

Shafaq News/ The first deputy speaker of Iraq's parliament, Muhsen al-Mandalawi, headed a delegation from the "Independent Iraq" parliamentary bloc visiting the headquarters of the Iraqi government in Baghdad earlier today, Monday.

Al-Mandalawi, according to a readout issued by his bureau, met with Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-sudani and

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UN: Iraq stands on the frontline of global climate crisisUN: Iraq stands on the frontline of global climate crisis

Shafaq News/ The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, said that climate change is the "biggest threat Iraq has ever faced," stressing that there is still hope to turn "things around."

Ghulam Mohammad Isaczai said, "when I traveled

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Scottish engineer held in Iraqi prison facing extradition to Qatar releasedScottish engineer held in Iraqi prison facing extradition to Qatar released

Shafaq News/ A Scottish engineer who was held in an Iraqi prison facing extradition to Qatar over a bank debt has been released, according to a human rights charity that had been campaigning for his freedom.

Brian Glendinning, 43, who had been contracted to work at a BP oil refinery in Iraq, was arrested on an Interpol red notice at Baghdad airport

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Peshmerga forces purged the territory between Kurdistan and Saladin from ISIS: commanderPeshmerga forces purged the territory between Kurdistan and Saladin from ISIS: commander

Shafaq News/ The Peshmerga forces managed to purge the territory between the Saladin governorate and the Kurdistan region from ISIS remnants, the commander of the Peshmerga's 17th brigade, Colonel Karim Saty, said on Monday.

"The Peshmerga forces carry out routine sweep operations in the areas previously infested by ISIS militants to hinder them

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