-Coexistence is a lie-, Christian politician calls for autonomy in Nineveh

Shafaq News/ Christian politician, former MP Joseph Sleiwa, called on the international community to help establish self-rule in the Nineveh plain amid "systemic targeting of minorities".

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) stormed northern Iraq and took over Mosul in the summer of 2014, it ran a parallel campaign of genocide against

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Iraqi MoF: US human rights annual report isIraqi MoF: US human rights annual report is

Shafaq News / The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign affairs responded to the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices, describing it as "inaccurate".

This came in a meeting chaired by Iraq's minister of foreign affairs, Fouad Hussein, to discuss the report.

An official statement said that Hussein listened to the concerned parties' points of view, and

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Iraqi F-16 target ISIS hideouts in DiyalaIraqi F-16 target ISIS hideouts in Diyala

Shafaq News / The Security Media Cell revealed that Iraqi F-16 targeted ISIS hideouts in Diyala today.

The Cell said in a statement that three airstrikes targeted Nareen area, according to accurate intelligence information provided by the National Security Agency.

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A-Kadhimi assigns a ministerial team to lead gas-related negotiations with TehranA-Kadhimi assigns a ministerial team to lead gas-related negotiations with Tehran

Shafaq News / Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi assigned a team from the ministry of electricity to lead negotiations with Iran, regarding ways to supply Iraq with gas. 

Al-Kadhimi's office said in a statement that the latter chaired today a meeting with the ministerial council of energy, during which he was briefed about the energy supply

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Iraq summons Swedish envoy to protest the Quran desecration Iraq summons Swedish envoy to protest the Quran desecration 

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned the charge d'affaires of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Hakan Rooth, to protest the desecration of the Muslims' holy book, Quran, last Friday.

Spokesperson to the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed al-Sahhaf, said in a brief press release that the Ministry voiced its

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COVID-19: 92 new cases in IraqCOVID-19: 92 new cases in Iraq

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 92 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Sunday.

In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 546 recovery cases with no mortalities.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2323132, of whom 2292803 recovered and

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