COVID-19: one mortality and 102 new cases in IraqCOVID-19: one mortality and 102 new cases in Iraq

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 102 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Saturday.

In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 597 recovery cases with one mortality.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2323040, of whom 2292257 recovered and

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Shiite politician warns of aShiite politician warns of a

Shafaq News/ Political impasse might have instigated a new Iraqi "spring" that might topple the entire political system, a Shiite politician warned on Saturday.

In a statement he issued earlier today, political and former minister Baqer Jabr al-Zubaidi said that public demonstrations have spawned in Baghdad, al-Hillah, Karbala, and al-Sulaymaniyah

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Senior ISIS terrorist caught near Baghdad's airportSenior ISIS terrorist caught near Baghdad's airport

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Federal Police on Saturday said that a senior ISIS member has been captured in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, earlier today, Saturday.

A statement by the Federal Police agency said that a force from the 1st mechanized brigade's third regiment managed to apprehend a person wanted pursuant to Article 4/Terrorism following an

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Al-Sadr calls for summoning the Swedish ambassador to Baghdad Al-Sadr calls for summoning the Swedish ambassador to Baghdad 

Shafaq News/ The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, on Saturday called on the Iraqi government to summon the Swedish ambassador to Baghdad to protest the desecration of the Quran, the Muslims' holy book.

In a statement he issued earlier today, al-Sadr said, "in the month of the Quran, the Quran is torched in a European country where

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PMF mourns two fighters who died in a terrorist attack in SaladinPMF mourns two fighters who died in a terrorist attack in Saladin

Shafaq News/ Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) on Saturday mourned two fighters who perished during a confrontation with a terrorist group on al-Eith island, east of Saladin.

In a statement issued earlier today, the PMF authority said that the two fighters, who served in the 22nd brigade's sixth regiment, "fended off a terrorist

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SMC denies al-Zummar's attack on the PMFSMC denies al-Zummar's attack on the PMF

Shafaq News / The Security Media Cell denied that a drone attack targeted the PMF's 87th regiment in Nineveh governorate.

The Cell said in a statement that a flash grenade blew up, injuring a PMF fighter. 

However, the concerned authorities opened an investigation to uncover the incident's circumstances.

Preliminary information revealed that the head

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