Iran's strike on Iraq puts US in awkward position amid nuclear talksIran's strike on Iraq puts US in awkward position amid nuclear talks

Shafaq News/ The United States appears to be keen to tell the world that it wasn't the target of Iranian missile strikes in Iraq on Sunday.

Iran said it was targeting Israeli "strategic centers" in the northern city of Erbil, but Iraqi-Kurdish authorities said the missiles fell close to a US consulate under construction. Baghdad summoned the

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PMF arrests an ISIS member in BaghdadPMF arrests an ISIS member in Baghdad

Shafaq News / The Popular Mobilization Authority (PMF) arrested on Monday, a member of the ISIS group planned to execute the Iraqi soldier Mustafa Al-Adhari, west of Baghdad."

In a statement, PMF said, "The PMF's General Directorate of Security (Investigation Department) arrested a terrorist who was involved in many operations against the security

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Sadrist, Coordination Framework suspend their talks after the missile attack on ErbilSadrist, Coordination Framework suspend their talks after the missile attack on Erbil

Shafaq News / The Sadrist Movement led by Muqtada Al-Sadr and the forces of the Shiite Coordination Framework suspended their talks due to the Iranian attack on Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan.

A leader in the Sadrist bloc told Shafaq News Agency, "the dialogues have been temporarily suspended" because the parties of the tripartite alliance (the

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Iraq's PM calls Iran to provide actual evidence for attacking ErbilIraq's PM calls Iran to provide actual evidence for attacking Erbil

Shafaq News/ On Monday, the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, headed a delegation of officials of the Ministers of Defense and Interior to visit the Erbil Governorate.

Al-Kadhimi met with the leader Masoud Barzani, the President of Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani, and the Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani.

During his visit, Al-Kadhimi discussed

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PUK leader meets the Coordination Framework in Baghdad PUK leader meets the Coordination Framework in Baghdad 

Shafaq News/ The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Bafel Talabani, on Monday convened with leaders from the Shiite Coordination Framework at the bureau of the Nouri al-Maliki, the State of Law Coalition leader, in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

The meeting, according to a readout issued by Talabani's bureau, discussed the political and

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Kurdistan's PM: the Iraqi and Iranian people should know that this location is not a military siteKurdistan's PM: the Iraqi and Iranian people should know that this location is not a military site

Shafaq News/ On Monday, the Kurdish Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, and the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi inspected the sites targeted by the missile in Erbil.

The two high-level officials checked the resulting damage centered on residential houses and the Kurdistan 24 building.

In a statement, the Kurdish government's presidency said

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