Baghdad and Erbil hold a high-level security meeting to discuss the situation in Kolju Baghdad and Erbil hold a high-level security meeting to discuss the situation in Kolju 

Shafaq News/ Commanders from the Peshmerga and the Iraqi army forces convene in Kolju on the outskirts of the Kalar sub-district to ponder solutions for the growing threat of ISIS militants in the territory.

The meeting was attended by the commander of the fifth axis, Brigadier-General Kawa Gharib, from the Peshmerga side, and the commander of the

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CF officially chooses Nouri Al-Maliki's candidate for prime ministerCF officially chooses Nouri Al-Maliki's candidate for prime minister

Shafaq News/ On Monday, the leaders of the Shiite Coordination Framework agreed to nominate Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani for the next prime minister.

Concerning the position of the Parliament's first deputy speaker, an informed source said that the Shiite framework postponed the discussion in this regard.

Mohammed Shia' Sabbar al-Sudani, an Iraqi

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President Barzani warns of aPresident Barzani warns of a

Shafaq News/ The President of the Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, on Sunday urged the Iraqi political forces to join hands to face ISIS resurgence after last night's attacks against the security forces in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Saladin, and Diyala.

"Last night’s series of attacks by ISIS on the Iraqi armed forces and the federal police in Baghdad, D

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CF restricts the candidacy for prime minister between two figuresCF restricts the candidacy for prime minister between two figures

Shafaq News/ The Shiite Coordination Framework (CF) would hold a meeting to resolve today to decide the final candidate for the prime minister.

The CF leader, Fadel Mawat, told Shafaq News Agency that the Framework now has two candidates, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani and Ali Shukri.

Today's meeting will quickly resolve this issue. He added.

Earlier,

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CF chooses Nuri Al-Maliki's candidate for prime ministerCF chooses Nuri Al-Maliki's candidate for prime minister

Shafaq News/ On Monday, the leaders of the Shiite Coordination Framework agreed to nominate Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani for the next prime minister.

Mohammed Shia' Sabbar al-Sudani, an Iraqi politician, was the Iraqi Human Rights Minister of Iraq in the Council of Ministers of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from 2010 until October 2014. In addition, he

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ISIS militant killed while entering the Iraqi territoryISIS militant killed while entering the Iraqi territory

Shafaq News/ A member of the Islamic State group has been killed while attempting to enter the Iraqi territory from Mount Makhoul, Iraq's Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Monday.

"A force from the first brigade of the Iraqi army's 91st brigade, in cooperation with a joint force from al-Hashd al-Shaabi's (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF)

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