Iraqi lawmakers embrace Barzani's vision for the next governmentIraqi lawmakers embrace Barzani's vision for the next government

Shafaq News / MP of the Coordination Framework, Ahmed al-Asadi, revealed that the political blocs have agreed to form a new Federal Government based on "partnership, balance, and consensus", as the Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani had suggested earlier.

Al-Asadi said in a Parliament statement he read today that the new government will respect

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Iraqi parliament swears in new members to replace SadristsIraqi parliament swears in new members to replace Sadrists

Shafaq News / Iraq's parliament swore in 64 new lawmakers on Thursday to replace 73 members of a bloc led by Muqtada al-Sadr after the powerful Shiite Muslim cleric asked them to step down amid a prolonged stalemate over forming a government.

Nine MPs did not attend the session.

A Parliamentary source reported yesterday, Wednesday, that the

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Iraqi parliament convenes to swear in replacement MPsIraqi parliament convenes to swear in replacement MPs

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Parliament convened on Thursday to vote in replacements for 73 lawmakers who resigned earlier this month.

Speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi inaugurated the session in the presence of 202 lawmakers.

The new members of the assembly will be sworn in, according to the session's agenda.

The agenda includes finalizing amendments on laws and

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Four PMF injured in an explosion in Jurf al-NasrFour PMF injured in an explosion in Jurf al-Nasr

Shafaq News/ Four fighters of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) have been reportedly injured in an explosion in northern Nineveh on Thursday.

A source told Shafaq News Agency that a roadside side bomb hit a vehicle carrying four PMF fighters in Jurf al-Nasr, formerly known as Jurf al-Sakhr.

"The fighters on board were injured in

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Iraq's Chief Justice discuss legal technicalities with Kurdistan's Appeal JudgesIraq's Chief Justice discuss legal technicalities with Kurdistan's Appeal Judges

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Chief Justice Faiq Zeidan on Thursday discussed a set of "legal technicalities" with a group of appeal judges from the Kurdistan region.

The media office of the Supreme Judicial Council said that Judge Zeidan received the heads of Erbil, al-Sulaymaniyah, and Duhok's courts of Appeal to discuss technical issues related to the

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Al-Siyada agrees to endorse the rights of the liberated governorates, MP saysAl-Siyada agrees to endorse the rights of the liberated governorates, MP says

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi hosted a meeting of al-Siyada bloc that brings together Azm and Takaddom blocs at his residence in Baghdad earlier today, Wednesday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that the meeting discussed the latest updates on the political arena in Iraq in order to come up with a unified position

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