Shafaq News/ Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, on Saturday commended the role of Iraq in catalyzing the rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh. 

Bin Farhan's remarks came during a press conference marking the conclusion of the Security and Development Summit held earlier today, Saturday, in Jeddah in the

Shafaq News/ The leaders of the Shiite Coordination Framework will convene soon to select a potential candidate for the premiership, a source from inside the Shiite forces consortium said on Saturday.

"The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, boasts a considerable political and public weight that does wane with his withdrawal from the

Shafaq News/ Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, held a series of meetings with the leaders of the Arab countries participating in the Jeddah Security and Development Summit hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia earlier today, Saturday.

The Prime Minister held separate meetings with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Qatari

Shafaq News/Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said that Iraq's nascent democracy is coping with political hurdles and calls for establishing a regional bank for "development and integration". 

"Iraq supports the approach of dialogue and negotiation to remove nuclear weapons from the region and make it a safe area," said Prime