Khashan accuses armed Sadrists of assaulting himKhashan accuses armed Sadrists of assaulting him

Shafaq News/ Independent lawmaker Bassem Khashan accused members of Saraya al-Salam (The Peace Companies), a paramilitary group affiliated with the Sadrist movement, of assaulting him and his brother Fahem, the Sheikh of al-Barakat tribe, in Al-Diwaniyah earlier today, Sunday.

In a statement to Shafaq News Agency, Khashan said, "members of Saraya

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Shafaq News/ The powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday called for an "unprecedented" demonstration next Saturday.

Mohammed Salih al-Iraqi, who runs a Twitter account named "the leader's advisor" and widely believed to be al-Sadr's mouthpiece, said in a statement, "after a prolonged deliberation with him [Muqtada al-Sadr], he stressed

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Al-Sadr: this is theAl-Sadr: this is the

Shafaq News / The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, instructed on Sunday all its offices to adopt the slogan "Year of change" in all official statements and correspondences.

Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council dismissed a public request made by the powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to dissolve the parliament but agrees with his view

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Al-Ameri arrives in ErbilAl-Ameri arrives in Erbil

Shafaq News / The leader of al-Fatah coalition, Hadi al-Ameri, arrived in Erbil heading a delegation from the coordination Framework, on Sunday.

A source told Shafaq News agency that al-Ameri will meet the Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani, and other prominent Kurdish figures, to discuss the recent initiative he had launched earlier today.

al-Ameri is

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Al-Ameri arrives in al-Sulaymaniyah after a meeting with Barzani in ErbilAl-Ameri arrives in al-Sulaymaniyah after a meeting with Barzani in Erbil

Shafaq News/ The leader of al-Fatah alliance, Hadi al-Ameri, arrived in al-Sulaymaniyah following a meeting with the Kurdish leader, Masoud Barzani, in the capital city of the Kurdistan region, Erbil, earlier today, Sunday.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that the members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) Politburo, Kusret Rasoul

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Sadrist movement file a lawsuit against the three Iraqi presidenciesSadrist movement file a lawsuit against the three Iraqi presidencies

Shafaq News / The Secretary General of the Sadrist Bloc, Nassar al-Rabihi, filed a lawsuit against the three Iraqi presidencies.

The lawsuit demands dissolving the parliament and compelling Iraq's president, Barham Salih, to set a date for the early parliamentary elections based on Article (64/Second) of the Iraqi constitution.

Iraq's Supreme

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