Prime Minister, Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired the periodic meeting of the service and engineering effort team.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Al-Sudani chairs the periodic meeting of the service and engineering effort team
Prime Minister, Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired the periodic meeting of the service and engineering effort team.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Al-Khanjar discusses with members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council from Arabs and Turkmen the formation of the local government
The leader of the Sovereignty Alliance, Khamis Al-Khanjar, discussed with members of the Arab and Turkmen blocs in the Kirkuk Council the formation of the next local government in Kirkuk.
The meeting was attended by the head of the Turkmen Front, Hassan Turan, and the MPs, Muhaimin Al-Hamdani and Arshad Al-Salihi, and the governor, Rakan Al-Jubouri.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
In response to the martyr Haniyeh.. Tens of thousands of Turks gather in Istanbul to support Gaza and Palestinian prisoners
Tens of thousands of Turks gathered last night in front of the Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, to participate in the “Last Call for Martyr Haniyeh” event, which was launched by the head of the political bureau of Hamas before his martyrdom in Iran. In a statement by Hamas on Telegram, Haniyeh called two days before his martyrdom for “August 3 to be a national and international day in support of Gaza and Palestinian prisoners by organizing demonstrations and marches in Arab and Islamic countries and the world.
The demonstrators in front of the Grand Hagia Sophia Mosque carried Turkish and Palestinian flags and Palestinian keffiyehs, and chanted slogans calling for the freedom of Palestine. They also chanted, “Liberate Palestine from the river to the sea,” “Murderous America, get out of Palestine,” “Murderous Israel, get out of Palestine,” “Our souls are a sacrifice for Al-Aqsa,” and “Greetings to Hamas, continue the resistance.”
The demonstrators raised banners in Turkish, Arabic, and English bearing slogan
s such as “Genocide in Gaza,” “Stop the Israeli genocide,” and “Let the massacre stop, let the killing of children stop,” in addition to a picture of Ismail Haniyeh.
Last Wednesday, Hamas announced the assassination of Haniyeh in an Israeli airstrike targeting his residence in Tehran, the day after his participation in the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, while Tel Aviv has not yet adopted this.
Both Hamas and Iran have vowed to respond to the assassination of Haniyeh, while international contacts and efforts to calm the situation continue for fear of the conflict expanding in the region.
The assassination of Haniyeh came while Israel, with American support, has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, which has left more than 130,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing.
Tel Aviv continues the war, ignoring the UN Security Council resolution to stop it immediately, and the orders of the International Cour
t of Justice to take measures to prevent acts of genocide and improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
The House of Representatives adjourns its session after completing the first reading of the proposed law amending the Personal Status Law
The House of Representatives decided to adjourn its session, after completing the first reading of the proposed law amending the Personal Status Law No. 188 of 1959, while it decided to postpone the report and discussion of the draft law ratifying the air transport agreement between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Justice Minister on August 4: To free the port explosion file out of mercy for the martyrs & their families
Caretaker Minister of Justice, Judge Henry Al-Khoury, recalled in memory of the fourth of August all fallen martyrs, saying: “We hope that the file will be freed from all obstacles that stand in the way of completing the investigation, whatever they may be, and issuing the indictment, out of mercy for the martyrs and their families.”
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Rahi Prays for Beirut Port Victims, Calls to Free the Judiciary
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi stated that “on the memorial of the fourth year of the Beirut port explosion, we renew our condemnation of this explosion and extend our heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families. We also offer our prayers for the healing of the wounded.” He called for “political and partisan interference in the judiciary to be removed and for an international investigation to be conducted, as the local investigation is stalled.”
During his Sunday sermon from Dimane, Patriarch Rahi added: “We pray for justice in the investigation of the Beirut port explosion on the memorial of its fourth year,” and continued, “Let us pray to God, through the intercession of Blessed Patriarch Doueihi, to have mercy on the souls of the victims of the explosion, to free the judiciary, and to restore Lebanon’s reputation. Blessed Patriarch Doueihi is a beacon of hope during difficult times.”
He also expressed regret over “the recent farcical high school exams, which have exposed corrupti
on, and the reluctance of universities worldwide to accept our students.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Hamieh: Our pledge remains to activate & develop the Beirut port to return as a vibrant facility, a source of hope & trust
Caretaker Public Works and Transport Minister Ali Hamieh wrote today on his “X” platform account: “On the fourth anniversary of the August 4 explosion in the port of Beirut, it is necessary to pay tribute to the souls of the victims, whose memory will remain immortal in the hearts of all Lebanese, and condolences and sympathy must be renewed to the suffering families, assuring them and all the Lebanese, that the blood that was shed on this land has triggered in us an inexhaustible, burning determination…”
He added, “Accordingly, our covenant was, still is, and will remain to all Lebanese that the endeavor we had started to activate, improve, and develop the port’s services and its reconstruction will continue and go on, so that it would return as a vibrant facility on the one hand, and a source of hope and trust on the other hand, by resuming the role it deserves, just as all these oppressed people who fell victims to this painful incident had hoped for and aspired to achieve.”
Source: National News Agen
cy – Lebanon
Civil Defense honors Beirut Port explosion martyrs on fourth anniversary
On the fourth anniversary of the Beirut Port explosion, Civil Defense Brigadier General Raymond Khattar led a solemn tribute to the martyrs.
He laid a wreath on their tomb, commemorating their memory.
The ceremony was attended by several heads of regional and membership centers, alongside members of the Directorate General of Civil Defense.
In addition, Civil Defense members individually approached the tomb, each placing a flower to honor the victims, including their fallen comrades from the Beirut Fire Brigade who died in the line of duty.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
France Calls on Citizens in Lebanon to Leave ‘as Soon as Possible’
France on Sunday called on its citizens in Lebanon to leave the country “as soon as possible” amid fears of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah and a broader regional conflict.
“In a highly volatile security context, we once again call the attention of French nationals, particularly those passing through, to the fact that direct commercial flights and ones with stopovers to France are still available, and we invite them to make their arrangements now to leave Lebanon as soon as possible,” the foreign ministry said in its travel advice notice for Lebanon.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon