President Salih hosts meeting with PM, Parliament Speaker, SJCPresident Salih hosts meeting with PM, Parliament Speaker, SJC

Shafaq News / President Barham Salih hosted on Wednesday, a meeting that included Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi, and the President of the Supreme Judicial Council – SJC, Judge Faiq Zaidan to study the latest developments in the country and its repercussions.

The meeting affirmed that the ongoing state of

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Activist Karrar Abdulkarim released in Maysan Activist Karrar Abdulkarim released in Maysan 

Shafaq News / A source in the Sadrist movement revealed that activist Karrar Abdulkarim has been released after being arrested in Maysan earlier today.

Abdulkarim was arrested after he called, through a Facebook post, on the movement supporters to participate in the protests. 

The arrest warrant against Abdulkarim was issued by a judge who is close

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Without al-Maliki and al-Khazali, top committee awaits al-Hannana's signal to take off-sourceWithout al-Maliki and al-Khazali, top committee awaits al-Hannana's signal to take off-source

Shafaq News/ The head of al-Fatah bloc, Hadi al-Ameri, seeks to form a trilateral committee that leads the negotiations with the maverick Shiite clergyman, Muqtada al-Sadr, on behalf of the Coordination Framework, a source revealed on Wednesday.

"The forces of the Coordination Framework are seriously considering the proposal of the Kurdish leader

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JOC reverses the level C security alertness JOC reverses the level C security alertness 

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC) downscaled the level C security alertness that followed the demonstration of the Sadrist movement's supporters near the Supreme Judicial Council's headquarters,  a source revealed on Wednesday.

A source told Shafaq News Agency that JOC issued correspondence to Iraq's Ministry of Defense, the

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President Nechirvan Barzani receives incoming US Consul GeneralPresident Nechirvan Barzani receives incoming US Consul General

Shafaq News / President Nechirvan Barzani received today in Erbil Mr. Irvin Hicks, the incoming Consul General of the United States in the Kurdistan Region.

President Nechirvan Barzani welcomed the new Consul General to Kurdistan and congratulated him on assuming the office. The President wished Mr. Hicks success, and voiced full support for his

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New steps taken to wrap up the displacement file in Saadiyah, DiyalaNew steps taken to wrap up the displacement file in Saadiyah, Diyala

Shafaq News / The administration of Saadiyah sub-district, Diyala, revealed on Wednesday that new steps have been taken to seal the displacement file in the sub-district.

Administrator Ahmed Thamer al-Zarkoushi told Shafaq News agency that more than 7000 families left Saadiyah back when ISIS invaded Iraq, noting that most of them have returned to

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