Shafaq News/ On Monday, the State of Law Coalition said that the political "ice-breaking" would be shown after the Eid al-Fitr, revealing the discussions between the Shiite Coordination Framework and the Sadrist bloc are continuing.

Jawad al-Bolani, the deputy of the State of Law, told Shafaq News Agency, "The political forces will launch more

Shafaq News/ On Monday, Iraq recorded 161 new cases of Covid-19 to bring its total to 2,324,384, the Ministry of Health and Environment said.

It reported two deaths. Its coronavirus death toll reached 25,207.

It also reported 278 recoveries to bring its total to 2,296,548 (98.80%).

The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to 27.

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Shafaq News/ Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, on Monday extended condolences to his Lebanese counterpart, Najib Mikati, for the victims of Sunday's shipwreck near the port of the northern city of Tripoli.

Al-Kadhimi called Mikati, according to a readout by his bureau, to express the "deep condolences and solidarity of the Iraqi

Shafaq News/ Iran and Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) of ten points during their recent talks in Baghdad, Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said on Monday.

Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia held a fifth round of "positive" talks in Baghdad last Thursday on normalizing bilateral relations, Iran's foreign ministry