CF supporters return to the streets in BaghdadCF supporters return to the streets in Baghdad

Shafaq News/ Supporters of the Shiite Coordination Framework (CF) started demonstrations in Baghdad on Friday.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent said hundreds of CF supporters gathered in the Al-Jadriya area, heading to the heavily-fortified Green Zone through the suspension bridge gate.

The demonstrators waved banners calling for "forming a national

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Three arrested on suspicion of the Diyala bridge crimeThree arrested on suspicion of the Diyala bridge crime

Shafaq News / Three security members were arrested on Friday for being suspects in the Diyala bridge incident.

A security source told Shafaq News agency that the main suspect is a member of the Police and Facilities Protection Service at the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, noting that the two other suspects work in the same unit.

The Iraqi Ministry of

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Al-Sadr: We extend our hands to the framework's supporters, not leadersAl-Sadr: We extend our hands to the framework's supporters, not leaders

Shafaq News / The prominent Shiite leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on the supporters of the Coordination Framework to support the Sadrist protests.

Al-Sadr said in a statement, “According to my understanding, we and the Framework's supporters agree that there is corruption in the country. Even if we disagree with their leaders on that, the d

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Mortar shell lands east of SaladinMortar shell lands east of Saladin

Shafaq News / A mortar shell landed in the outskirts of Amerli district, east of Saladin governorate, a security source reported.

The source told Shafaq News agency that the incident took place yesterday night, noting that no casualties were recorded.

The security forces have launched a search campaign and said it is most likely that ISIS terrorists

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150 families of ISIS terrorists arrive in Nineveh150 families of ISIS terrorists arrive in Nineveh

Shafaq News / A security source revealed that about 150 families of ISIS terrorists have arrived in Nineveh through Rabi'a border crossing, from al-Hol camp.

The source told Shafaq News agency that the families (620 persons) will be transferred to the Jadaa camp.

Last year, the Iraqi government transferred tens of ISIS families from al-Hol camp in

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Al-Ghanimi intervenes to follow up on the Diyala bridge incidentAl-Ghanimi intervenes to follow up on the Diyala bridge incident

Shafaq News / The Iraqi Ministry of interior confirmed on Thursday that Minister Othman al-Ghanimi is following up on the the Diyala bridge incident, which took place southeast of Baghdad.

A few hours earlier today, Shafaq News agency reported that bodies of unidentified individuals were found inside the state-owned nuclear compound in Baghdad.

The

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