Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) backs the initiative of the Kurdistan region's president to ease the mounting tension between the rival Shiite parties, secretary of the KDP politburo Fadhel al-Mirani said in a press release on Tuesday.

"Erbil is your home to restore the confidence of the people," al-Mirani said, "Erbil is not

Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, the Popular Mobilization Committee announced a security operation to secure the borders between Nineveh and Saladin governorates.

In a statement, the Committee said that a joint force from the PMF’s Saladin Operations Command (brigade 51) and the Counter-Terrorism Service of the Iraqi Army operated on the borders.

The joint

Shafaq News/ Women will be allowed to take part in the sit-in staged by the Sadrist movement's supporters in the Iraqi parliament, a source from inside the committee in charge of the demonstrations said on Tuesday.

"Women can demonstrate or join the demonstration at the parliament's gate during daylight hours only. They are not allowed to stay

Shafaq News/ A self-proclaimed advisor of Muqtada al-Sadr instructed the Shiite cleric's followers who started a sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament to relocate outside the building, hinting at possible demonstrations elsewhere.

In a tweet he shared earlier today, Saleh Mohammad al-Iraqi, who runs a Twitter account named "the leader's advisor" and