Category: Key Issues

Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired, in the Anbar Governorate building today, Wednesday, a meeting that included heads of service and executive departments in the governorate, in the presence of the governor, members of the governorate council, and a number of deputy ministries.

During the meeting, according to a statement by the PM’s Media Office, the governorate’s plans, service programs and other sector projects were reviewed, the most prominent problems and obstacles facing the progress of project implementation, and guidance was given to follow up and address them with the aim of accelerating their completion according to the approved time limits.

The meeting witnessed a review of the projects implemented by the Liberated Areas Reconstruction Fund, according to the priorities set by the government. The file of martyrs and victims of terrorism was also discussed in the presence of the head of the Martyrs Foundation, and the Prime Minister stressed the need for the money to go to those who tr
uly deserve it./ End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani directed the Ministry of Trade to quickly hand over the financial dues to farmers.

Al-Sudani stressed during the marketing season launch ceremony in Anbar: ‘Agriculture has been of great importance in the work and directions of the government, and we have placed supporting agriculture among the priorities, starting with the implementation of agricultural plans.’

He added: ‘The Council of Ministers set the price for receiving one ton of wheat at (850) thousand dinars, and there will be a preferential price in the next season for lands cultivated with modern irrigation systems. / End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

A 20-year-old Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday near the village of Beit Ainun, north of Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the West Bank.

The 20-year-old woman, Maimouna Abdel Hamid, was fatally shot in the head by Israeli occupation soldiers north of Al-Khalil (Hebron), the Health Ministry said in a statement.

The Israeli occupation army radio claimed that a Palestinian woman was shot dead by one of the soldiers after she attempted to carry out a stabbing attack.

According to a statement by the Palestinian Ministry, the number of martyrs in the West Bank since the seventh of last October has reached 488 martyrs, including 122 children, five women, five elderly people, as well as 10 prisoners inside the occupation prisons.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

As part of the “Al-Asalah Album” program has already aired on Tele Liban, Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, honored artist Youssef Fakhri and presented him with an honorary shield in appreciation of his contributions and dedication.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

The US Treasury Department announced that the United States has included on the sanctions list individuals and entities associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Command concerned with electronic operations.

Western sanctions continue against Iran following the escalation of mutual missile attacks between Iran and Israel.

Two days ago, the US House of Representatives approved new sanctions on the Iranian oil sector, set to become part of the foreign aid package, putting the measure on track to be passed in the Senate within days.

The legislation would expand sanctions against Iran to include ports, ships and refineries that knowingly process or ship Iranian crude in violation of existing US sanctions, and it would also expand so-called secondary sanctions to include all transactions between Chinese financial institutions and sanctioned Iranian banks that are used to purchase oil and products of petroleum derivative.

The legislation, which is set to be included in a $95 billion package to provide fun
ding to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, passed by a vote of 360 to 58 last Saturday, and was previously negotiated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the White House said it supports it.

Meanwhile, European Union foreign ministers agreed during their meeting in Luxembourg last week to expand sanctions against Tehran in the wake of the attack it launched with ballistic missiles and drones on Israel.

Explosions occurred in the city of Isfahan in central Iran last Friday, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army, Abdul Rahim Mousavi, said that they were caused by the air defenses confronting a number of ‘flying objects,’ while the official television published a video clip that it said was of the activation of the air defenses in Isfahan.

These latest developments came a few days after Iran launched an attack with hundreds of drones and missiles on Israel, after a senior commander in the Revolutionary Guard was killed in an attack believed to be Israeli that targeted the Iranian consulate in
Damascus./End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency