Second deputy speaker: the Parliament is still going about its duties despite the challenges

Category: Iraq News

Date: 2022-04-12T14:48:25+0000

Shafaq News/ The second deputy speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Shakhwan Abdullah, confirmed that the Parliament continues its work despite the delay in electing the Republic's president and forming the Iraqi

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Covid-19: Iraq records 222 new cases today, ranks the 1st in the Arab World, 40th globally

Category: Iraq News

Date: 2022-04-12T14:08:31+0000

Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, Iraq recorded 222 new cases of Covid-19 to bring its total to 2,322,303, the Ministry of Health and Environment said.

It reported no death. Its coronavirus death toll reached 25,186.

It

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Lawmakers to vote on authorizing al-Kadhimi's government to submit bills to the parliament 

Category: Iraq News

Date: 2022-04-12T13:32:47+0000

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi parliament will vote on authorizing the caretaker government led by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to submit the 2022 budget bill to the council of representatives, Deputy Speaker

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Smuggling arms from Iraq to help Russia; government denies, paramilitary group refutesSmuggling arms from Iraq to help Russia; government denies, paramilitary group refutes

Shafaq News/ Spokesperson to Iraq's border-crossing authority on Tuesday refuted the Guardian's report about transborder undercover networks in Iraq used to supply Russia with military hardware, and a paramilitary leader aligned with Iran ridiculed the allegations of the British newspaper.

The Guardian adduced Iraqi intelligence and paramilitary

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Three terrorists sentenced to death in Dhi Qar

Category: Iraq News

Date: 2022-04-12T13:26:37+0000

Shafaq News/ Dhi Qar's Criminal Court of Cassation has sentenced three people to the capital penalty for charges related to terrorism, a source revealed on Tuesday.

The source said that three others were handed a life sentence.

"The convicts, who served in

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Yazidi survivor says IS leader raped US aid workerYazidi survivor says IS leader raped US aid worker

Shafaq News/ A young Yazidi woman testified on Monday that American aid worker Kayla Mueller told her she was raped by former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and threatened with death if she tried to escape.

Lia Mulla, who was captured by Islamic State (IS) members in August 2014 as she tried to flee Iraq's Mount Sinjar with her family,

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