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2024-02-27T11:00:35+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday postponed its decision on a lawsuit seeking to overturn the parliament speaker election, delaying a resolution until early April.

The court cited the need for further scrutiny of the lawsuit, according to a judicial source who spoke to

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Shafaq News / The New York Times, quoted a Pentagon official stating that the US administration has adjusted plans aimed at targeting a prominent figure within Iraqi factions loyal to Iran.

The official told the American newspaper, "We have stepped back from striking a major leader within the factions in Iraq following the de-escalation."

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2024-02-27T06:26:17+00:00

Shafaq News / US Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the Kurdistan Region (KRI) as the "cornerstone in the 360-degree relationship with Iraq."

This declaration came following his meeting with KRI’s Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, who arrived in Washington, D.C. on Sunday on an o

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2024-02-26T15:41:55+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraqi Minister of Interior Abdul-Amir al-Shammari expressed "deep concern" over what he characterized as an "existential threat and a campaign of genocide facing the Arab world since October 7, 2023."

On October 7, Hamas fighters breached communities along Israel's southern

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2024-02-26T20:59:46+00:00

Shafaq News/ Raad Saleh, member of Kirkuk Provincial Council for Leadership List, Arab Bloc, disclosed on Monday that there is no agreement to convene a council session this week, emphasizing that issues would be discussed at the table of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

Speaking to

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2024-02-26T10:42:01+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Finance Minister Taif Sami on Monday said that the spreadsheets of the 2024 budget will be sent to parliament shortly.

Sami made those remarks during a meeting with the parliamentary finance committee earlier today.

She assured them that the salaries of the public

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