Shafaq News/ A leading figure in the Coordination Framework rejected a proposal by powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to dissolve the parliament and keep Mustafa al-Kadhimi on the top of an ad hoc government to hold an early election.

Lawmaker Aa'ed al-Hilali told Shafaq News Agency that the Coordination Framework, a consortium of mainly

Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, received an American delegation headed by the commander of the US Central Command, Gen. Michael Corella.

Al-Kadhimi's office said they discussed the developments in Iraq and the region and the joint efforts regarding regional security and combatting terrorism.

Both sides hope

Shafaq News / Saleh Mohammad al-Iraqi, who runs a Twitter account named "the leader's advisor" and is widely believed to be Muqtada al-Sadr's mouthpiece, confirmed on Thursday that the latter rejects the return of Sadrist MPs to the Iraqi parliament.

Al-Iraqi quoted al-Sadr saying, "The expected result of their resignation (the Sadrist MPs) was

Shafaq News/Iraq's outgoing President Barham Salih received the Chinese ambassador to Iraq, Cue Wei, in al-Salam (Peace) palace in Baghdad earlier today, Thursday.

During the meeting, the diplomat handed the Iraqi president a letter from his Chinese president, Xi Jinping, the Iraqi presidency said in an official statement.

The letter, according to