COVID-19: two mortalities and +1200 new cases in IraqCOVID-19: two mortalities and +1200 new cases in Iraq

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 1,273 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Saturday.

In its daily epidemiological report on COVID-19, the Ministry reported 2,838 recovery cases and two mortalities.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,443,772, of whom

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Al-Abadi offers to mediate for reconciliation between the rival Shiite partiesAl-Abadi offers to mediate for reconciliation between the rival Shiite parties

Shafaq News/ The head of al-Nasr alliance, former Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, offered to mediate a resolution of the ongoing political raw between the Shiite rivals, the Coordination Framework and the Sadrist movement, as tension heightened following the demonstration of the Sadrist movement's supporters inside Baghdad's ultra-secure Green

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Al-Maliki, Al-Amiri call on Al-Sadr for serious dialogueAl-Maliki, Al-Amiri call on Al-Sadr for serious dialogue

Shafaq News/ The head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, said that the Iraqi Parliament “has fallen” after being stormed by supporters of the Sadrist movement, and the head of Fatah Alliance called Muqtada Al-Sadr for talks.

In a statement, Al-Maliki said, that today’s events (storming the parliament by the Sadrist supporters) “

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UK commends theUK commends the

Shafaq News/ The United Kingdom's ambassador to Iraq, Mark Bryson-Richardson, commended the "measured security response" to the demonstrations of the Sadrist movement's inside Baghdad's Green Zone.

Bryson-Richardson tweeted, "The right to protest peacefully, respecting state institutions and property, is an important part of a democracy and I

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Al-Khazali calls for dialogue, Coordination Framework postpones counter-demonstrationAl-Khazali calls for dialogue, Coordination Framework postpones counter-demonstration

Shafaq News/ The leader of the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq movement, Qais al-Khazali, acceded to the de-escalation calls made by some of his allies in the Shiite Coordination Framework, urging the political forces in the country to commit to the law and constitution to halt chaos and preserve social peace.

"The calls made by the leaders of the Coordination

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Al-Halboosi suspends the parliament sessions until further noticeAl-Halboosi suspends the parliament sessions until further notice

Shafaq News/ Iraq's parliament speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi issued a decree on Saturday suspending the parliament sessions until further notice, urging the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to take the necessary measures to protect the state institutions.

In a statement he issued earlier today, al-Halboosi said that "differences are normal

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