From Khanaqin to Karbala: Kurds organize MawkebsFrom Khanaqin to Karbala: Kurds organize Mawkebs

Shafaq News/ "For the love of Hussein," hosts shout to Shiite pilgrims passing roadside food tents in Khanaqin on their way to the holy city of Karbala on foot.

Mawkebs, hospitality tents, are many in Khanaqin, a city in Diyala with a Shiite Kurdish majority near the borders with Iran. They offer free food, shelter, and even clothes to the

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Raisi: European countries contacted Tehran to intervene in the Iraqi crisis Raisi: European countries contacted Tehran to intervene in the Iraqi crisis 

Shafaq News / Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi revealed that European countries have requested to get the green light to intervene and solve the current crisis in Iraq.

In an interview with al-Jazeera TV Channel, Raisi said that Iran "would be happy to see a new strong government in Iraq. However, Iraqis should not tolerate any U.S. presence

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Iraq and Syria discuss unifying discourse to protect water rightsIraq and Syria discuss unifying discourse to protect water rights

Shafaq News / The Iraqi and Syrian governments have agreed to unify their discourse in order to get their water rights from upstream countries.

The Iraqi ministry of water resources said on Friday that Minister Mahdi al-Hamadani met with his Syrian counterpart, Yaseen Shareef, and the Syrian Prime Minister, Hasan Arnous, in Damascus.

The meeting

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UN Security Council extends the mandate of UNITADUN Security Council extends the mandate of UNITAD

Shafaq News/ The United Nations Security Council on Thursday extended the mandate of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD).

"Resolution 2651 renewed UNITAD’s mandate until 17 September 2023, first established by resolution 2379 (2017) upon the request of the Government of I

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Book: Trump offered West Bank to Jordan; king: ‘I thought I was having heart attackBook: Trump offered West Bank to Jordan; king: ‘I thought I was having heart attack

Shafaq News / Former US president Donald Trump offered control of the West Bank to Jordan’s King Abdullah II, a shocking proposal that led the monarch to think he was having a heart attack, according to a new book.

Trump offered the “great deal” to the king in January 2018, according to The Washington Post’s excerpts of an upcoming book.

The report

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Independent MP calls for dismissing PMF chief followingIndependent MP calls for dismissing PMF chief following

Shafaq News/ An independent lawmaker appealed to Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to "dismiss and take legal action" against the chairperson of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) Commission, Falih al-Fayyadh, following a series of arrests the PMF carried out in the southern governorate of al-Diwaniyah.

"The PMF

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