Shafaq News / The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) expressed readiness to defend state institutions "after armed men besieged the Judiciary."

"The Popular Mobilization was keen not to be a party in the current political crisis, at a time when it finds itself obligated to protect civil peace, defend the state, prevent the collapse of its pillars,

Shafaq News/ Baghdad's Operations Command ramped up security near and inside the capital city's ultra-secure Green Zone as tension simmers following a protest of Muqtada al-Sadr loyalists near the headquarters of the Supreme Judicial Council.

A source told Shafaq News Agency that military and security forces are not allowed to enter the Green Zone

Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader, Hoshyar Zebari, said that the sit-in of al-Sadr's supporters in front of the Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad "delivered the required message."

"The Iraqis, the rational reference, and its representatives have repeatedly demanded the reform of the Judiciary…The Judiciary must be impartial

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, stressed the need to adopt the approach of dialogue to overcome the crisis.

Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister cut short a trip to Egypt to follow up on the current crisis in the country.

Al-Kadhimi's media office said that the Prime Minister