Shafaq News / Demonstrators took the streets of several areas in Baghdad and Dhi Qar governorates, protesting the surge in foodstuff prices.

Shafaq News agency's correspondent said that the demonstrators gathered in al-Tahrir square in Baghdad and called for holding accountable those responsible for the price increase.

He added that the

Shafaq News/ A police officer have reportedly stolen more than 100 machine guns from a headquarters in Babel, a source revealed on Wednesday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that the officer in charge of the arms depot in al-Masib district's police station stole 160 machine guns.

"The police started an investigation into the incident," he said,

Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, the "Imtidad" Movement gave the representative of the Sadrist bloc, Suha Al-Sultani, 48 hours to apologize for the assault made by her bodyguards against the activist Durgham Majid.

The Movement said, "Some political parties and their militias continue their arrogance and bullying the simple Iraqi citizen, what happened

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 723 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Wednesday. 

The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that six deaths and 1,765 recoveries were registered today.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, 2,310,539 patients have contracted the virus, 2,260,883 of whom