al-Khazali: next PM should be nominated by the largest parliamentary blocal-Khazali: next PM should be nominated by the largest parliamentary bloc

Shafaq News/ The Secretary-General of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Qais al-Khazali, confirmed on Friday that the Shiite Coordination Framework would not accept a government formed by Muqtada Al-Sadr.

Al-Khazali said in an interview on the Al-Sharqiya TV channel that Framework accepts a prime minister chosen by the leader of the Sadrist movement but nominated

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Terrorists kidnapped a civilian in Al-AnbarTerrorists kidnapped a civilian in Al-Anbar

Shafaq News/ On Friday, a security source said that terrorists stormed a gas station in Al-Anbar Governorate, western Iraq.

"Armed elements believed to have belonged to ISIS kidnapped a team member in a gas station in Al-Rutba district of Al-Anbar then fled to an unknown destination." A source told Shafaq News Agency.

A security force arrived at the

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Al-Hakim presents hisAl-Hakim presents his

Shafaq News/ The head of the Al-Hikma (Wisdom) Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, gave his "vision" to get out of the political deadlock, which he described as presenting the main challenges.

Speaking on the 13th anniversary of the departure of the former head of the Supreme Council, Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, the Al-Hikma Head said, "the political deadlock, the

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ISIS plans to attack civilians in Baghdad in Ramadan. sourceISIS plans to attack civilians in Baghdad in Ramadan. source

Shafaq News/ ISIS plans to launch a "Ghazwa (a war guided by faith)" on areas in the center and east of Baghdad in the holy month of Ramadan. A security source told Shafaq News Agency.

The source said that the available information showed that ISIS plans to target the Bab Al-Sharqi and the surrounding areas, the New Baghdad region, Karrada within

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Iraqi and Iranian Foreign Ministers agree to hold a meetingIraqi and Iranian Foreign Ministers agree to hold a meeting

Shafaq News/ The Foreign Ministers of Iraq and Iran agreed on Friday to hold a "close meeting."

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said that Minister Fouad Hussein and his Iranian Counterpart Hussein Amir Abdollahian discussed, in a phone call, issues of common interests, including regional and international developments, the Vienna negotiations, ways to

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UN Special Representative, the French Ambassador, met the Jewish community in IraqUN Special Representative, the French Ambassador, met the Jewish community in Iraq

Shafaq News/ On Friday, the special representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the head of the UNAMI mission in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, and the French ambassador in Baghdad, Éric Chevalier, visited the last open synagogue in the Iraqi capital.

In a statement, UNAMI said that Plasschaert and the French Ambassador

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