Shafaq News/ Riot police regrouped to recapture the protests' front on al-Jumhuriyah bridge that leads to Baghdad's ultra-secure Green Zone, defying the protestors who tried to breach the concrete barriers.

The protestors marching toward the Green Zone through al-Jumhuriyah Bridge forced the security forces to retreat briefly after they used

Shafaq News / The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) denounced on Wednesday the Iranian attack that targeted Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region.

UNAMI said in a statement, "Iraq, incl. the KR, rejects the notion that it can be treated as the region’s “backyard” where neighbours routinely, and with impunity, violate its sover

Shafaq News/ Three Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Wednesday while Iraq's parliament voted to reject the resignation of speaker Mohammed Halbousi, Iraq's military said.

Seven security personnel were wounded in the attack, which took place amid a partial lockdown in the capital as parliament was convening. Security

Shafaq News/ Lawmaker Hasan al-Mandalawi has been elected a first deputy for the Iraqi parliament speaker, Shafaq News Agency correspondent reported on Wednesday.

Our correspondent said that a majority of 203 from 235 lawmakers attending the session today voted for al-Mandalawi to take over as the second chair in the legislative body.

Al-Mandalawi,