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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} A high-level delegation from the federal government arrived in Erbil on Sunday.
The delegation consists of a number of ministers and the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, to Erbil, to hold a joint meeting with the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region and other officials in the region. According to informed sources, the visit is to activate many of the agreements and memorandums of understanding reached between the center and the region, especially in the field of energy and financial balance and resolve differences. The meeting will be held in the presence of the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, the Advisor of the Security Council of the Region, Massur Barzani and Deputy Prime Minister, Qubad Talabani, and a number of ministers in the region, including Ministers of Health, Planning and Culture. The delegation of the federal government consists of ministers of finance, industry, planning, agriculture and culture, the head of the Investment Authority, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq and the Director of Customs and a large number of advisers in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. The sources pointed out that the meeting will discuss a number of important issues, including customs tariffs and crossings in addition to topics related to the financial, commercial and agricultural.
AML / AMT signs memorandum of understanding with Jordanian counterpart
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Office signed a memorandum of understanding with its counterpart in Jordan.
"In the framework of international cooperation between AML / CFT and counterpart units in other countries for the purpose of unifying efforts to confront money laundering and terrorist financing crimes and to cooperate in the exchange of information related to these two serious crimes and to realize the spirit of cooperation and interests," the statement said. To facilitate, regulate and accelerate the exchange of information on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and related criminal activities, subject to reciprocity and within the scope of national legislation in force. " He pointed out that "Based on the provisions of Article 1 of Article 29 of AML No. 39 of 2015, a memorandum of understanding was signed with the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Unit in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the sidelines of the 29th General Meeting of the Group Financial Action for the Middle East and North Africa (MENAFATF) on 23/4/2019 ". In a related context, the AML / CFT Office has signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding with the Danish Attorney General for Serious Economic Crimes of the Kingdom of Denmark on 20/2/2019 and the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Financial Investigation Unit in the Kingdom of Belgium on 25/2/2019. The Office of AML / CFT is currently seeking to conclude further bilateral memorandums of understanding with counterpart units because of its positive impact reflected on the fight against financial crime in particular and the fight against organized crime in general. "
Iraq formally requests Bahrain to apologize for the abuse of Mr. Sadr
{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} The Iraqi Foreign Ministry expressed its condemnation of the statements made by the Foreign Minister of Bahrain on the statement of Moqtada al-Sadr.
"The words of the Bahraini foreign minister - representing Bahraini diplomacy - are offensive to Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr with offensive words, and are totally unacceptable in diplomatic practice, but also insult to Iraq, his sovereignty and his independence, especially when "The Bahraini minister is talking about Iraq being controlled by neighboring Iran." He added that "Iraq, which defeated the terrorist prodigy after the armies of Jarara unable to defeat in other regions able to defend the freedoms and independence, and everyone to know their limits, and abide by the facts, and diplomatic liaisons .. Today's Iraq recovers, strengthens, and will not accept any interference in its affairs , And will not accept any abuse to him, or to national symbols, and religious no matter how varied, and varied views. " "The State of Bahrain called on the State of Bahrain to apologize officially for the misuse of its foreign minister to Iraq, which has multiple visions, and expands the freedom of expression for symbols, personalities, political forces and all citizens, and accepts in any way from a country considered a sister, and hosts its embassy in Baghdad to be official position A provocative act that detracts from Iraq's sovereignty and independence and accuses it of being under the control of any country. "
Foreign Office calls on the US Embassy to delete its offending publication
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Iraqi Foreign Ministry followed the publication issued by the US Embassy in Baghdad, which represented a violation of diplomatic norms and international rules governing the work of missions in host countries.
"The deployment of a diplomatic mission in Iraq to publish leaflets targeting one of Iraq's neighbors, and its religious or political symbols contradicts the principles of the Iraqi constitution and Iraqi foreign policy, especially the principles of good neighborliness and the policy of exclusion," the ministry said in a statement. On the axes in foreign relations, and non-interference in the internal affairs of all countries. " He added that Iraq adopts a policy based on the basic principles that its territory is not a corridor or a platform for harming neighboring countries or friendly countries or harming any of them, whether by means of media, economic, commercial, military or security. He explained that "what the US Embassy in Baghdad through the publication contrary to the nature of its work in the host country in accordance with the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, and relevant international norms." The Foreign Ministry stressed that "the missions operating in Iraq must respect the rules and international norms in their actions, and take into account in carrying out their duties the Constitution of Iraq, and its relations with all neighboring countries" demanding "the US Embassy to delete the offensive publication and refrain from issuing such publications in the future; Harms Iraq's relations with neighboring countries and friendly countries. "
A deputy for reform determines the position of appointing officers of the security ministries
{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} A deputy of the reform bloc, supported the naming of military officers of the security ministries.
Hazem Khalidi told the {Euphrates News}, that "the issue of vacant ministries, we hope the Prime Minister to follow a clear approach Is it an independent Tncocrat or politicians?" "We support the security ministries to be an officer of the officers who painted the plate of victory, but there are still leaks about the candidates did not reach the House of Representatives clear names."
Political agreements force a deputy to withdraw from the chairmanship of a parliamentary committee
[Baghdad-where] MP Hamid al-Musawi, on Saturday, the withdrawal of a deputy for the rest of the chairmanship of the Committee on Agriculture parliamentary.
Moussawi said in an interview with "Mawazine News" that "the MP for the rest of Salam al-Shammari was elected chairman of the Committee on Agriculture parliamentary, but he submitted a request to withdraw from the chairmanship of the Committee." He added that "the reason for the withdrawal is that his election was far from the political agreements of the Alliance, others," noting that "political agreements are to resolve the presidency of the parliamentary committees."
Netherlands Sends Yezidi Asylum Seekers Back to Kurdistan
The Dutch government is reportedly sending back the Yezidi asylum seekers to the refugee camps in the Kurdistan Region, arguing that they have enough access to food and shelter in the region.
Their asylum cases have been rejected by the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND), Kurdistan 24 cited Dutch media reports.
"There is no specific policy for Ezidis who have stayed in refugee camps for a long time in the [Kurdistan Region], and there is no policy change," the IND was quoted by Dutch newspaper Trouw.
Sending the Yezidis back to the camps unwillingly is "a violation of the Dutch government’s policy," the asylum seekers’ attorneys have argued, according to the report.
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Al-Hakim calls on the international community to eradicate terrorism and to increase its expansion
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) Grand Ayatollah Ali Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakim, Sweden's Ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference and Interfaith Dialogue, received Joachim Peer Gstrom.
A statement issued by the Office of the Referee said that Mr. Hakim called on the international community to strive to eradicate the roots of terrorism and extremism in all its forms and pretexts and to eradicate this cancerous disease from its roots and not to neglect it through hard work to support its cultural expansion after the tragedies and woes it has inflicted on all Societies, as well as the distortion of the true image of Islam, which came by the Koran, and the Prophet of mercy and the people of his house, peace be upon them all. "The importance of the international community to be concerned with values and good morals, which will contribute to building a society and a good family," he said. Mr. Hakim also referred to "the role of reference, which requires its followers to abide by laws, honesty, honesty, sincerity and non-sedition, and stresses coexistence and respect for others regardless of their religion and nationality." For his part, the Swedish Ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference and Interfaith Dialogue expressed his thanks and gratitude to the receptionist from the wise reference, his advice and great experience, and the efforts of the religious reference to achieve peace and ease the religious tension in the region.
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi received the US Senate delegation led by Democratic Senator Tammy Duckurth. He welcomed the president and members of the delegation, stressing that the sacrifices of the Iraqis have pushed the danger of the region and the world to build a strong independent Iraq and we have detailed plans and programs to strengthen the economic situation and attract investment to achieve the reconstruction desired by the Iraqi people, noting that we are working to promote democracy and keen to establish better relations with neighboring countries And the countries of the world, explaining that the war against Da'ash is not only the Iraq war, but the world war. "We congratulate you on the success of the democratic process and the victory over the sacrifices of Iraqis," she said. "We are happy to see Iraq differently, to restore cities and to remove barriers from its streets, and Iraq is a great country with a history and cultural depth that is capable of taking a big role in the region. "Iraq is a long-term strategic partner and we are concerned about its security, independence and sovereignty," said independent member Ingus King. "We are pleased with your success and the promotion of democracy in Iraq and we see in Iraq a great and united university force for different visions and condolences.
Al-Kalabi reveals an opposition bloc and identifies the "head of corruption" in the Oil Ministry
(Baghdad: al-Furat News) Independent MP, Yousef al-Kalabi, revealed close to the announcement of an opposition parliamentary bloc in parliament.
"There is a project in the coming days with the methodology of the positive opposition with a new bloc of up to 10 deputies," Al-Kalabi said on Saturday. "The legislative role is a monitoring role and we have more than one instrument. The first is the response of the official, The exact home of my legal adviser addressed the prime minister to fight corruption and the first to be real tools. " He added that "the coalition of victory now stronger and did not meet and meet weekly and examine the situation of the country seriously and as an Iraqi state we have a huge chaos in the multiplicity of decisions more than 10 thousand foreign troops on Iraqi territory? Where are we from this? And yesterday, two of our sons in Kirkuk killed who is responsible for this ? " "We have only oil, and oil money is the only source. Do we have the ability to be supportive and conservative to the needs of our country, to the government?" Al-Kalabi said. "Iraq has no capacity at the present time as a system of state and economy to support itself and many things have been subjected to systematic downfall. Iraq to go out and talk about its potential and is it able to dispense with others and be satisfied with themselves? ". "I was nominated in the coalition of victory because I saw my chances of winning with him more because of the strength of competition in the conquest and withdrew from victory after a month and a half of the formation of the government," noting "was one of my conditions is not to put the Minister of Communications in his position, but was not supported and ended my relationship and I am now an independent deputy "He said. "Since fighting corruption in the Ministry of Oil so far 50 pages on Facebook, a newly funded two months ago, has nothing but personal words," said Al-Kalabi. "When I carried the banner of fighting corruption located in the Oil Ministry, there was a great goal, the first ranking priorities as the main funding for the budget of Iraq, so this great waste in the ministry affects significantly on Iraq." "We are saddened by someone with the background of the oil minister to be dragged into such a statement that his statement was left to protect the corrupt in the Ministry of Oil," he said, referring to a previous statement by Minister Thamer Ghadhban in a program prohibited from the offer and threat to anyone who tries to question him in the House of Representatives. "The oil minister was sitting in this chair program and out of genuine concern for citizens invite him to a television debate we talk about the subject of corruption in the Ministry of Oil," accusing "(Abdul Mahdi al-Amidi) Director of contracts and permits in the Ministry of Oil as the head of corruption in the ministry "He said. He stressed that "the attack on me is from the Ministry of Communications and assigned people by him to create 3 pages on Facebook targeting me and I consider them working absolutely stupid." "All the charges against me were not made by anyone. I have only two pages on Alvis. Most of the pages supporting me are friends when I was in the popular crowd and many of the pages supported us and were published to us," he said. "The minister of communications, Naim Thajil al-Rubaie, accused of belonging to the Baath party, did not nominate from a political point of view, and the ministry was part of the destruction of the victory that he gave up and was nominated by Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi." "I wish all politicians to put blood, martyrs and displaced people in front of their eyes because I would call them the government of last chance. Unfortunately, what we saw in the recent parliamentary elections is a shame for the child." He called on the government to abandon everything and to promote the deteriorating educational reality. Unfortunately, there are attempts to give the Ministry of Education to a person calling for sectarianism and clan rebels, namely Khamis al-Dangar, who nominated us as Shaima al-Hayali. As for the continuation of tribal conflicts in Basra province, al-Kalabi attributed this to "weakness of the state and non-implementation of the law." He stressed that "the imposition of the law despite the nose of everyone and why can not impose a state of emergency, the state is stronger than everyone with its weapons and law." "The Supreme Religious Council has saved Iraq and Islam from calling for the prime minister to be firm, courageous and strong, but we have not seen him on the ground," he said. "We are not surprised by this government and the only glimmer of hope is that we still have this reference, which we have to stick to," Al-Kalabi concluded.
Iraq able to defeat, prevent return of ISIS: Zamili
Iraq’s military forces are able to defeatISISand prevent its return, Hakim al-Zamili, aSadrist Movementleader, said on Saturday, adding that countries and groups aiding terrorists must be held accountable.
In his speech at the 8thInternational Security Conferenceheld inMoscowat the invitation of the Russian Ministry of Defense and in the presence of more than 35 defense ministers from around the world, Zamili pointed to "the impossibility ofISISreturning toIraqagain."
However, Zamili warned of the danger thatISISposes to the security and stability of the world, noting that it is "a creation of globalintelligence agenciesto implement predefined agendas for the purpose of striking any target that conflicts with the interests of those agencies."
Zamili called on all countries around the world to renounce extremism and follow the movements of terrorists in order to hold accountable the countries and groups that help terrorist cells. He also called for "the need to prevent the recruitment, promotion or arming of members of this deviant organization."
The Minister of Finance describes the projects of the Abbasid threshold as "excellent" and emphasizes its government support
"The projects of the holy Abbasid threshold are excellent projects and provide service to preserve the country in particular and the country in general, and needs to expand and the government must support it," said Finance Minister Fuad Hussein.
The Minister of Finance's statement came at the end of his visit to a number of projects of the holy Abbasid threshold implemented and what was in progress. The visit included the Secretary-General of the Holy Shrine, Mohammed al-Ashayqar, a number of its members and a number of sites and satellite stations. The first of these stations was at Dar Al-Kafil for printing, publishing and distribution, where they were received by its Executive Director Firas Brahimi, who gave an explanatory explanation on the most important printing devices and equipment contained in the house and its production lines, as well as the modern techniques used in them and how they contributed to printing the curricula of the Iraqi Ministry of Education and a number of institutions And the authors, in addition to achieving self-sufficiency in the publications of the holy Abbasid threshold and the achievements of the House since its establishment until today. The second station was in Al-Abbas residential complex, which is one of the most prominent residential complexes in the holy province of Karbala, where he conducted a field tour in which he listened to the most important specifications of the building and construction used in construction. The visit will continue until the Minister of Finance arrives at the Siri Al Nour project soon, which is the garage of the technical sponsor. He also toured a number of its facilities and heard from the supervisors of its implementation detailed information about it and its stages and rates of achievement. The fourth station was in Al-Joud Company for the Technology of Industry and Modern Agriculture. The Minister also briefed the company on this matter through its Executive Director, Maitham Al-Bahadli, who provided a detailed explanation of its production lines, equipment and equipment used in the Company's laboratories. Of what the company produces whether it is pesticides or detergents or sterilizers and others, which are all made by Iraqi hands pure, and has achieved good results on the ground. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Jassim Al-Ibrahimi, received the most prominent equipment and medical and therapeutic services provided by the hospital, as well as the most prominent operations carried out in it, which are qualitative and implemented in Iraq for the first time, and how they contributed In alleviating the burden of the Iraqi citizen. The Secretary-General of the Abbasid holy shrine, Eng. Mohammed Al-Ashayqar, told the sponsor's network of the flag of the abyss of the nature of this visit. He said that "the holy Abbasid threshold has taken great strides in establishing a number of projects and in various fields. It has achieved a clear success and has become a reality, The international pre-local, and for the purpose of delivering its message to all levels, the holy Abbasid threshold from time to time to receive delegations and guests of different categories to see these projects. "
The reform bloc responds to the tweet of the Bahraini foreign minister and calls for an urgent meeting
(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The head of the Reform and Reconstruction bloc, Sabah al-Saadi on the tweet of Bahraini Foreign Minister on the invitation of the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr.
Mr. Sadr has made 10 proposals, including the withdrawal of the armed factions belonging to the crowd and others from Syria, the closure of the US embassy in Iraq and the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Issa, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "We expected the Arab countries and the countries of the region to state the statement of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, which we are honored to put on his behalf in the House of Representatives in today's session, which put him with the study of the proposed solutions to spare the region conflict is fueled by little by little." He added that "the objectivity and rationality contained in the solutions put forward by Mr. al-Sadr reflect a great concern not only related to Iraq and its people, although more importantly, but further paving the way to ease the crisis in the region and thus prepare the ground to a historic settlement leading to" Through acceptable solutions to the parties to the crisis. " He pointed out that "the removal of Iraq and the countries of the region from the fire of sectarian entrenchment, which seeks the alliance of evil (Alsihoamriki) to pricing the light of the most important features contained in the statement of the leader Sadr instead we find {stupid tweets} trying to shed ash in the eyes and were such as the Bahraini Foreign Minister They did not learn from the revolutions of the rebellious peoples that overthrew regimes of injustice and tyranny. " He continued, "Although I personally do not indulge in the answer to the fools who bury the heads of their owners in the dirt so as not to see what is happening around and woven it I find it necessary to have a position for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry taking into account the following: First: We call on the three presidencies of the Republic, the deputies and the ministers to an urgent meeting and consider the statement of Mr. Sadr and what can be done in the matter of removing Iraq from the conflict in the region in accordance with the proposed solutions. Second: We call on the leadership and political bodies of the Alliance for Reform and Reconstruction to hold a joint urgent meeting for the same purpose above and set a road map to move on the rest of the forces and political alliances partner in the homeland. Third: Formation of the official and popular delegations referred to by Mr. Sadr in order to start moving internally and externally Fourth: Forming committees to design the bilateral and trilateral agreements with Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as between Mr. Sadr's statement to preserve Iraq's sovereignty and cooperation with Iran and Saudi Arabia. Saadi concluded his statement by saying, "We hope all political parties to understand the seriousness of the situation in the region and make this subject a priority in their dialogues and submit to any other interest."
Baghdad, April 27, IRNA – Iran’s commercial attaché in Iraq explored new spheres of cooperation with Iraq in a meeting with the new head of Iraq’s Union of Chambers of Commerce in Baghdad on Saturday.
Iranian official Nasser Behzad told IRNA on Saturday that plans for increasing exchanges between the two countries' private sectors and interaction between Iraq’s businessmen and Iranian companies were dealt with during the meeting.
Regular communications between private sectors to increase trade, preparedness for renovation of Iraq’s quick-return, promoting cooperation to hit the target of $20 billion annual trade exchanges between the two countries, devising necessary mechanism for collaboration among the Iraqi provinces’ chambers of commerce were among other topics discussed during the meeting, he said.
Behzad further noted that the main message of the meeting was to promote Iraqi economic activists’ resolve to invest in the production sector and using the country’s diverse capacities in the sector of goods and services to improve level of relations.
Head of Iraq’s Union of Chambers of Commerce Abdul Razzaq al-Zahiri, for his part, voiced readiness for collaboration with the Iranian tradesmen and industrialists. Referring to the Iraq government’s efforts to empower the private sector, he added that the two countries’ private sectors should take steps in line with promoting transparent trade between Tehran and Baghdad.
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The CBI for Sunday 4/28/19 did update on the indicative rates Sell Rate 1190
The currency auction is218,126,263
There are no news and announcements.
1.Announcement of ICD404-2 Auction Results (for the sale of Islamic certificates of deposit)
The Central Bank approved on 24/4/2019 the auction of ICD404-2. April 28, 2019
The Central Bank approved on 24/4/2019 the auction of ICD404-2 for the sale of certificates of Islamic deposit for the period (91) days and the amount of (50) billion dinars (fifty billion dinars) and were sold certificates of (20) billion dinars at a uniform rate and the highest rate of return (1.7)%), And the number of participants (1) bank has won the amount provided.
2.AML / AMT signs memorandum of understanding with counterpart in Jordan
In the framework of international cooperation between AML / CFT and counterpart units in other countries for the purpose of unifying efforts to confront money laundering and terrorist financing crimes and to cooperate in the exchange of information related to these two serious offenses and to reflect the spirit of cooperation and common interests in facilitating, organizing and accelerating the exchange of information on combating money laundering and financing. Terrorism and related criminal activities, subject to reciprocity and within the scope of national legislation in force, and based on the provisions of Article (1) of Article (29) of the AML / CFT Law No. (39) 2015 (the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the anti-money laundering and the financing of terrorism in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) on the sidelines of the twenty-ninth general meeting of the Financial Action Task Force for the Middle East and North Africa (MENAFATF) on 04.23.2019.
In a related context, the AML / CFT Office has signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding with the Danish Attorney General for Serious Economic Crimes of the Kingdom of Denmark on 20/2/2019 and the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Financial Investigation Unit in the Kingdom of Belgium on 25/2/2019. The AML / CFT Office is currently seeking further bilateral memorandums of understanding with counterpart units, which will have a positive impact on the fight against financial crime in particular and the fight against organized crime in general.
4-27-2019 Intel Guru MarkZA lot of Intel Providers have been asked to stand down and keep quiet this weekend ...so you may see intel pretty scarce this weekend.
4-27-2019 Intel Guru Frank26 IMO,they are doing something at the CBI...it's all related to financial inclusion which includes their financial steps. Iraq is about to make a major economic change, on one condition...what do you think it is? ...Contractors that have been waiting to get into Iraq are now being paid. They are doing something to prepare, I believe, what we call article 2,an announcement that yea we are Article 8 and that yea we have been using the tools inside of our country...now we are about to do it outside of our country on an international status...things are looking really good...
4-27-2019Intel Guru MarkZ[any news from your contacts in Iraq?]We have seen lower denoms but no coinage or really small notes like the one dinar note. There are rumors that the RV has gone for $8.20 …if that were true how would they make change without those coins or really small notes? How would you get change when they buy a soda or pack of gum?No coins or small notes yet imo.[...doyou think that maybe there is a chance that they might be fooling all of us and it’s not going to happen?]I believe it's absolutely a “when” and not an “if”... I have seen to much behind the scenes and to much paperwork...it’s the when that has driven us all nuts.
Elmer:
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Artmeister:
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ARTICLE 1 (from PM Mahdi's website)
At the time this report was submitted, there are no new articles on PM Mahdi's website.
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ARTICLE 2 (from Government of Iraq twitter account)
At the time this report was submitted, there are no new tweets on the Government of Iraq twitter account.
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ARTICLE 3
Names: .. candidate Abdul Mahdi for the records of education and justice
BAGHDAD (AP) - April 27 - Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi announced on Monday that Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi will submit an official letter to parliament by nominating two ministries for justice and education, according to the political blocs agreement.
"The House of Representatives recognizes the names of the candidates of the Ministries of Education and Justice by the Prime Minister, to put them on the vote indicating that 'the names of candidates placed in accordance with the agreement of the political blocs.
She added that "the candidate of the Ministry of Education, Safana Hamdani, and the Ministry of Justice, Judge Arkan Kader," likely to "vote on the names of candidates this week."
And expected the decision of the House of Representatives, "After the vote on candidates for education and justice send the names of candidates of the Ministries of Defense and Interior, by the Prime Minister
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ARTICLE 4
Maliki's position on staying in the building alliance
BAGHDAD - April 27 - The leader of a coalition of state law, Nuri al-Maliki, on Saturday, hinted at the possibility of continuing the coalition of construction and stay in it.
We are working in coordination with all coalitions and parliamentary blocs to activate the role of Parliament in the control and legislation of laws and support the government to provide services to the Iraqi people as it deserves. "He said in a tweet through his Twitter account:" We reaffirm our position, which we have announced more than once.
The head of the Fatah alliance Hadi al-Amri held a series of meetings with political figures and leaders of blocs, most notably with the leader of the stream of wisdom Ammar al-Hakim, and the leader of the coalition of victory Haider Abadi.
In a report published on Monday, April 22, 2019, the leaders of the victory coalition Haider al-Abadi, the stream of wisdom Ammar al-Hakim, and the rule of law, Nuri al-Maliki, may overthrow the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi as part of a political movement that faces the summer. Finished (1)
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ARTICLE 5
Intelligence: A staunch leader trying to enter Iraq for weeks
MOSCOW, April 27 (UPI) - The leader of the al-Qaeda organization Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has plans to enter Iraq for a while, the Russian RT reported on Saturday, citing Iraqi security measures.
The channel quoted an Iraqi intelligence source as saying that "al-Baghdadi has been trying to enter Iraq for weeks, but it collides with the strict security measures on the Iraqi-Syrian border," noting that "he is currently in Jabal Abu Rajmin in the Syrian city of Tadmor."
The source added that "Baghdadi left with him only a few individuals who are close, and the nationalities of Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Iraq."
The source pointed out that "the reason for the planning of al-Baghdadi to enter Iraq, due to the decline in the numbers of supporters and supporters in Syria, so he wants to rely on his supporters who are in some areas of the border with Syria," asserting that "the information that was extracted from close to Baghdadi recently arrested" . Finished (1)
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ARTICLE 6
Rafidain Bank announces the distribution of the salaries of a number of ministries and state institutions electronic payment tools
BAGHDAD, April 27 (Xinhua) - The Information Office of Rafidain Bank announced on Saturday the distribution of the salaries of a number of ministries and state institutions through electronic payment tools.
"The salaries of employees of some ministries and state institutions have been distributed among those whose salaries have been settled at the bank and card holders and that the bank continues to pay salaries according to specific contexts and dates," the bank's information office said. Finished
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