Shafaq News / The head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, said that the Coordination Framework has come a long way in its political talks with the other Iraqi parties.

Al-Maliki said that the Framework proved that its policy is far from excluding any party, and has become almost ready to appoint a Prime Minister and form a new

Shafaq News/ The Secretary-General of the Imam Ali Battalions, Shebl al-Zaydi, backed Hadi al-Ameri as a top contender for the premiership of Iraq despite the latter's rejection.

In a tweet he shared on Saturday, al-Zaydi said that the head of al-Fatah bloc enjoys "the acceptance and consensus" that qualities him for the post. 

"The wise people of

Shafaq News/ United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Claudio Cordone of Italy as his new Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) in lieu of Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir of Iceland.

"Cordone brings to this

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 2937 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Monday.

In its daily epidemiological report on COVID-19, the Ministry reported 2557 recovery cases and one mortality.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,388,414, of whom