Shafaq News/ British drones have killed or injured almost 1,500 Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria since 2014, figures out today have revealed.

The RAF's MQ-9 Reaper aircraft have flown 4,857 sorties in the region in the past eight years.

These resulted in an estimated 1,413 enemy targets being hit, a freedom of information request made by The

Shafaq News/ Two Iraqi soldiers were reportedly injured in an explosion in the Diyala Governorate earlier today, Monday.

A security source told Shafaq News Agency that a roadside bomb targeted a patrol of the Iraqi army in the Safra area, north of the al-Udhaim district.

According to our source, a joint force of Saladin, Kirkuk, and Diyala

Shafaq News/ The political situation in Iraq is on the verge of collapse, said Barbara Leaf, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, on Monday.

Leaf told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that “the political situation in Iraq is on the verge of collapse” and “Problems can only be resolved through dialogue.”

She emphasized that “the I

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's media office announced the second political dialogue session among the Iraqi forces.

The PM office did not mention the parties participating in the dialogue. Still, earlier, the Sadrist Movement, headed by the influential Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr said it would boycott the talks.

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