Shafaq News/ With the continued stalemate in Iraq's deepening political crisis, the United States is encouraging the country's leaders to engage in an inclusive, constructive dialogue that involves all key political figures and blocs in an Iraqi-driven process.

“What happens next, whether it's early elections or formation of the government, is for t

Shafaq News/ The State of Law coalition headed by former PM Nuri al-Maliki denied news that the Shiite Coordination Framework is under tremendous pressure to replace its candidate for prime minister, Muhammad Shia’a al-Sudani.

Aref Al-Hamami, a member of the Coalition, confirmed to Shafaq News Agency that no one is pushing the Framework to choose

Shafaq News/ Iran seems to have decided to openly oppose the Sadrists in its attempt to stop them from upsetting the political power balance among its many different allies in Iraq. The most serious blow came through an apparently concerted effort to tame the Sadrist movement back into the Shia fold by delegitimising its political figurehead,

Shafaq News/ The NATO seeks to expand the range of its non-military ties with Baghdad, the commander of the NATO mission in Iraq, Lieutenant General Giovanni M. Iannucci, told the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, in a meeting on Wednesday.

According to a readout by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Hussein discussed with Iannucci the