Turkiye dismisses Iraq's 'baseless' objections to its latest anti-terror offensiveTurkiye dismisses Iraq's 'baseless' objections to its latest anti-terror offensive

Shafaq News / Turkey on Thursday dismissed what it described as "Iraq’s baseless objections" to Operation Claw-Lock, Ankara’s latest cross-border operation against the PKK terrorist group.

Baghdad’s charge d’affaires was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry and told in clear terms that Turkey is well within its rights to act against a des

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PMF thwarts an ISIS attack in KirkukPMF thwarts an ISIS attack in Kirkuk

Shafaq News / Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) thwarted an ISIS attack west of Kirkuk.

The PMF said in a statement that ISIS terrorists attacked the PMF's patrol near Rubaida area, al-Rashad district, before the force responded and forced them to flee.

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Four ISIS members killed in an airstrike in SaladinFour ISIS members killed in an airstrike in Saladin

Shafaq News/ Four ISIS members were killed in an airstrike on a headquarters of the terrorist organization in Saladin, Iraq's Federal Intelligence Agency said on Thursday.

The agency said in a statement that an activity of the terrorist group was spotted in a remote abandoned cluster of houses near the so-called al-Baraa sector in al-Eith area.

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Diyala: 3 ISIS attacks thwarted in 72 hoursDiyala: 3 ISIS attacks thwarted in 72 hours

Shafaq News / Three ISIS attacks were thwarted in 72 hours, in al-Muqdadiyah and al-Udhaim districts, a security source in Diyala reported.

The Chief of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) in the northeastern bassin of the governorate, Ahmed al-Tamimi, told Shafaq News agency that the PMF, the operations commands, and the police thwarted three terrorist

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COVID-19: 171 new cases in IraqCOVID-19: 171 new cases in Iraq

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 171 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Thursday.

In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 508 recovery cases and zero mortalities.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2323878, of whom 2295073 recovered

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Allawi: Iraq needs a true revolutionAllawi: Iraq needs a true revolution

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi, on Thursday said the country needs a "true revolution" if it seeks to break out of the rentier cycle.

Allawi's remarks came in a speech he delivered before the 2022 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

"The emancipation of the Iraqi economy

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