Demonstrators storm the streets of BaghdadDemonstrators storm the streets of Baghdad

Shafaq News / Several demonstrations took place in Baghdad today, Shafaq News agency's correspondents reported.

Protestors gathered in front of the Baghdad provincial council calling for better services, while dozens of excluded university lecturers demonstrated in front of the Ministry of education's building demanding reappointment.

In addition,

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Al-Karkh's Court of appeal to release Mulla Talal and al-Ta'iAl-Karkh's Court of appeal to release Mulla Talal and al-Ta'i

Shafaq News / The judge of al-Karkh's Court of appeal decided today to release journalist Ahmed Mulla Talal and artist Iyad al-Ta'i.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense had filed a complaint against Mulla Talal and al-Ta'i after broadcasting a sketch that the ministry considered "offensive" to it.

After issuing an arrest warrant against him, Mulla

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PMF Lieutenant survives an assassination attemptPMF Lieutenant survives an assassination attempt

Shafaq News / Imad Qarghouli, Lt. Col in al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF), survived an assassination attempt in Baghdad, a security source reported.

No further details were disclosed.

Qarghouli heads "Ali al-Akbar brigade", affiliated with the PMF and the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala.

The brigade was formed following ISIS's invasion of the country in 2014.

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Lawmaker: food security bill budget is less than 25 trillion dinarsLawmaker: food security bill budget is less than 25 trillion dinars

Shafaq News/ The parliamentary finance committee is considering downsizing the budget of the emergency food security bill to less than 25 trillion dinars, committee member Nadhem al-Shebli said on Saturday.

"The bill has passed the first and second reading in the previous sessions of the parliament," al-Shebli said, "the finance committee has been

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Protestors denounce raising black oil prices in BaghdadProtestors denounce raising black oil prices in Baghdad

Shafaq News / Employees organized demonstrations in Baghdad protesting the government's decision to raise black oil prices.

Social media bloggers reported that the protestors blocked the main road near al-Dawra refinery.

The protestors also erected tents and blocked the road, social media posts showed.

The Oil Products Distribution Company of the

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Exclusive: Lebanese judgesExclusive: Lebanese judges

Shafaq News/ Iraq offered three hundred thousand dollars in financial aid to Lebanese judges, four Iraqi and Lebanese sources revealed on Saturday.

Earlier in January, 2022, a delegation headed by Lebanon's Minister of Justice, Henry Khoury, and head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Sohail Abboud, held a series of meetings with senior Iraqi

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