COVID-19: four deaths and +570 new cases in Iraq todayCOVID-19: four deaths and +570 new cases in Iraq today

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 573 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Tuesday.

The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that four deaths and 1,346 recoveries were registered today.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, 2,313,943 patients have contracted the virus, 2,268,769 of whom

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Iran's attack on : Iraqi Parliament to host the Kurdish Minister of InteriorIran's attack on : Iraqi Parliament to host the Kurdish Minister of Interior

Shafaq News/ The First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Hakim Al-Zamili, said that the Parliament would host Kurdish security leaders and Minister of Interior, to discuss the Iranian attack on Erbil Governorate.

In a joint press conference with the Kurdish Minister of Interior, Rebar Ahmed in Erbil, Al-Zamili said, "We had queries, some of

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Another meeting between al-Sadr and the Shiite Framework might happen soon; al-Fatah MPAnother meeting between al-Sadr and the Shiite Framework might happen soon; al-Fatah MP

Shafaq News/ A meeting that brings together the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, and the Coordination Framework leaders might take place soon, a leading figure of the Shiite forces consortium revealed on Tuesday.

Member of Al-Fatah's parliamentary bloc, Fadhel al-Fatlawi, told Shafaq News Agency that the Coordination Framework's

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CTS thwarts an ISIS suicide attackCTS thwarts an ISIS suicide attack

Shafaq News / The Spokesman for the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, Maj. Gen Yahya Rasool, revealed that the Counter-Terrorism service had thwarted an ISIS suicide attack that the organization was planning to carry out during the month of Ramadan.

Rasool said in a statement that the service, in cooperation with the Asayish forces, was able

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SOHR: following the attack on Erbil, Iran-backed militias shift positions in SyriaSOHR: following the attack on Erbil, Iran-backed militias shift positions in Syria

Shafaq News/ Iran-backed paramilitary groups underwent "redeployment and repositioning" operations in Syria in the aftermath of the missile attack on the capital of the Kurdistan region, Erbil, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Tuesday.

"In the western Euphrates region, Iranian-backed militias in Al-Bokamal and its desert,

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U.S. Secretary of State: we will respond to the Iranian attack on ErbilU.S. Secretary of State: we will respond to the Iranian attack on Erbil

Shafaq News/ On Monday, a source revealed that the U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, informed the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, that Washington "would not stand and watch its allies in the Kurdistan Region threaten and attack."

The source told Shafaq News Agency, "The U.S. Secretary of State told Al-Kadhimi during a phone call

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