Iraq

2023-12-09T09:41:54+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraqi Chief Justice Faeq Zidan on Saturday called for establishing a comprehensive national drug strategy that builds "an integrated working relationship" between the judiciary and security forces.

In a speech at the annual conference of the General Directorate of Narcotics

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Iraq

2023-12-09T08:57:08+00:00

Shafaq News/ Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, in a call with the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday, warned Washington against launching a unilateral response to the recent rocket attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad.

Early on Friday, nearly seven mortar rounds

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Iraq

2023-12-09T06:29:57+00:00

Shafaq News/ U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin condemned the attacks on his country's embassy in Baghdad and singled out Iran-aligned armed groups Kata'ib Hezbollah and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba for the recent targetting of U.S. personnel.

Austin's remarks came during a call with

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2023-12-08T20:19:47+00:00

Shafaq News/ A senior loyalist of the Muqtada Al-Sadr denied on Friday any involvement of the Sadrist movement with the attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.

Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, known as the "leader's minister," said, "Protecting embassies is among the government's duties."

"If the

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2023-12-08T21:03:42+00:00

Shafaq News/ On Friday, clashes erupted between Iraqi forces and ISIS members south of Kirkuk governorate.

A security source told Shafaq News Agency that ISIS targeted a gathering of the Iraqi army and the Popular Mobilization Forces on the outskirts of Daquq, which wounded an Iraqi

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2023-12-08T19:17:26+00:00

Shafaq News/ On Friday, the Shiite Coordination Framework (CF) condemned the attack that targeted the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, considering it "terrorist."

The Framework released a statement after an emergency meeting to discuss the security developments in the country, rejecting the

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