Rebar Ahmed to participate in a meeting of the Coordination Framework; sourceRebar Ahmed to participate in a meeting of the Coordination Framework; source

Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Democratic Party's candidate for presidency, Rebar Ahmed, is expected to hold a meeting with the Shiite Coordination Framework later today, Thursday, a source revealed.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that the Coordination Framework is seeking guarantees from the Sadrist movement's allies that Muqtada al-Sadr would not

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Turkmen MP: Kirkuk's oil is being stolenTurkmen MP: Kirkuk's oil is being stolen

Shafaq News/ The head of the Turkmen bloc in the Iraqi parliament, Arshad al-Salehi, accused parties he did not name of "stealing" Kirkuk's oil, urging the Iraqi government to boost the governorate's daily share of Gasoline to mitigate the severe shortage.

Speaking in a press conference on Thursday, al-Salehi said that 1,300,000 liters do not

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COVID-19: 559 new cases in Iraq todayCOVID-19: 559 new cases in Iraq today

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 559 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Thursday.

The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that three deaths and 1028 recoveries were registered today.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, 2315134 patients have contracted the virus, 2270809 of whom fully

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Baghdad calls on Ankara to increase water releases towards IraqBaghdad calls on Ankara to increase water releases towards Iraq

Shafaq News / The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Hamid al-Ghazzi, called on the Turkish authorities to increase water releases towards Iraq.

Al-Ghazzi's media office said in a statement that the latter received the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad, Ali Reza Guney, where they discussed files of common interest.

The Secretary-General

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PUK calls on Kurdish parties to recover the Kirkuk governor positionPUK calls on Kurdish parties to recover the Kirkuk governor position

Shafaq News / Member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, former MP Jamal Shakour, called on Kurdish forces to cooperate to recover the Kirkuk governor position.

Shakour told Shafaq News agency that the Kirkuk governor position is part of the Kurdish community's share, noting that the PUK and the Kurdistan Democratic party must cooperate to recover

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Al-Kadhimi: we support ending the Russian invasion of UkraineAl-Kadhimi: we support ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Shafaq News / The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, announced today that his government supports the decision to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Al-Kadhimi's statement came in a meeting with Ukraine's chargé d'affaires in Iraq, Oleksander Burvchenkov.

An official statement said that the two sides discussed bilateral relations between

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