Turkey launches new offensive against PKK in the Kurdistan RegionTurkey launches new offensive against PKK in the Kurdistan Region

Shafaq News/ Turkish warplanes, helicopters, and drones hit Kurdish militant targets, camps, tunnels, shelters, and ammunition storage areas in the Kurdistan Region, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency.

The operation, which Akar said targeted the Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan areas of the

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Legal expert explains the mechanism of passing the 2022 budget billLegal expert explains the mechanism of passing the 2022 budget bill

Shafaq News/ Legal experts Ali al-Tamimi on Sunday illustrated the legal mechanism that allows the Iraqi parliament to mandate Mustafa al-Kadhimi's caretaker government to submit the 2022 federal budget bill.

Speaking to Shafaq News Agency, al-Tamimi explained that passing the bill by the lawmaking body requires an absolute majority (50% of the

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Explosion targets a Coalition convoy in southern IraqExplosion targets a Coalition convoy in southern Iraq

Shafaq News/ A blast from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global coalition in southern Iraq, earlier today, Sunday.

A source told Shafaq News agency that the explosion targeted a supply convoy of the Coalition on the road linking the governorates of Babel and al-Diwaniyah.

The attack resulted in no human casualties and the

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Fuad Hussein: Iraq opposes wars and economic sanctionsFuad Hussein: Iraq opposes wars and economic sanctions

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, on Sunday reiterated his country's rejection of war and economic sanctions, warning of the reverberations of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the world's food security.

Hussein's remarks came during a meeting with the Russian ambassador to Iraq, Elbrus Kotrachev, in the Ministry's

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Hussein calls for ending the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine Hussein calls for ending the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine 

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, on Sunday, expressed his country's grave concerns at the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, reiterating its support for the endeavors aiming at easing the tension and ending the military operations.

Hussein received the charge d'affaires of the Ukrainian embassy to Iraq, Alexander

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CF to convene on Monday CF to convene on Monday 

Shafaq News / The Coordination Framework (CF) is expected to hold a meeting tomorrow, Monday.

A reliable source told Shafaq News agency that a new initiative will be discussed in the meeting to address the current political impasse, noting that the initiative will be proposed on the trilateral alliance in the next two days.

Last month, the leader of

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