US urges Iraqi government formation as stalemate drags onUS urges Iraqi government formation as stalemate drags on

Shafaq News/ The US has stressed the importance of timely government formation in Iraq following its elections in October, Jennifer Gavito, deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs has said in a press briefing on Friday, adding that the move will help Baghdad achieve stability and allow it to move forward with its

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Lawmaker commences legal action against repatriated tribal figureLawmaker commences legal action against repatriated tribal figure

Shafaq News/ A member of the Iraqi parliament, Mustafa al-Meryani, on Saturday proffers an arrest warrant against Sunni tribal figure, Ali Hatem Sleiman, to the Iraqi public prosecution.

A correspondence appended by the signature of the lawmaker brought to the public prosecution's attention that Sleiman was spotted in Baghdad recently, adducing an

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IraqAl-Ameri calls for legal action against repatriated

Shafaq News/ The head of al-Fatah bloc, Hadi al-Ameri, expressed discontent with the return of whom he called "the platforms leaders" to Iraq in spite of their contribution to the insurgency of ISIS, calling on the Iraqi judiciary to commence legal action against them.

Al-Ameri is seemingly taking an aim toward Rafeh al-Issawi, a former Minister of

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Parliament to hold a deliberative meeting on Sunday to discuss Iran and Turkey's violation of Iraq's territoryParliament to hold a deliberative meeting on Sunday to discuss Iran and Turkey's violation of Iraq's territory

Shafaq News/ Iraq's legislative body will convene tomorrow, Sunday, to ponder the recent Turkish and Iranian incursions on the Iraqi territory, the media office of the Iraqi parliament's first deputy speaker, Hakem al-Zameli, said in a statement on Saturday.

The statement said that al-Zameli will be heading an expanded deliberative meeting that

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PMF says a fighter injured while thwarting an ISIS attack PMF says a fighter injured while thwarting an ISIS attack 

Shafaq News/ A force from al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) thwarted an attack waged by a group of ISIS militants in Jurf al-Nasr, formerly known as Jurf al-Sakhr, north of Baghdad, earlier today, Saturday.

According to a PMF statement, a force from al-Jazeera command managed to hinder an ISIS group from infiltrating its

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Five ISIS operatives in the custody of the Federal Intelligence Agency, SMC saysFive ISIS operatives in the custody of the Federal Intelligence Agency, SMC says

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Federal Intelligence Agency captured five persons with links to the terrorist organization of ISIS in separate operations in Baghdad, Nineveh, and Kirkuk, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said on Saturday.

According to SMC, two of the arrestees served in the Personnel department (Diwan al-Jund) of the so-called Salman al-Abbasi

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