Shafaq News/ Russia is ready to help Iraq strengthen its military capabilities to replace those of the U.S.-led coalition, RIA news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying on Thursday.

Alexander Kinshchak, head of the Middle East and North Africa department at the Russian

Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on Thursday announced that its bloc in the Nineveh Provincial Council boycotted a meeting of the council over a procedural violation committed by the council chairperson.

In a statement, the KDP said that the Nineveh Provincial Council

Shafaq News/ The Iraq Parliament scheduled a session to address the recent US strikes on Iraqi territories and individuals.

According to a statement from the Parliament, the deliberative session is set to take place at 5:00 PM next Saturday. The focus will be on the repeated US assaults

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid met on Thursday, with Ayatollah Bashir al-Najafi. The meeting, which took place in al-Najaf, aimed to discuss various issues related to the security, sovereignty, and development of Iraq.

According to al-Najafi's media office,