CandyKisses: Hajj and Umrah in Iraqi dinars. Kurdistan companies stopped working in dollars
Erbil
The Hajj and Umrah Authority in the Kurdistan Region decided on Saturday to collect the travel costs of pilgrims in Iraqi dinars exclusively, instead of the dollar, like the rest of the cities of Iraq, provided that the value of the cost is determined at the exchange rate of the Central Bank (1320 dinars per dollar), while the registrants were given one week to pay the costs and update the passport data.
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This decision comes after Niaz Naqshbandi, Director General of Hajj and Umrah in the Kurdistan Region, chaired a meeting with the owners of Hajj and Umrah offices in the provinces and the autonomous administrations in the region.
We directed the Hajj and Umrah offices to receive the amounts from the pilgrims for one week from February 11 to 18, and those who do not pay the costs during this period will lose the right of Hajj this year.
Hajj and Umrah companies alerted all registrars who do not have passports, or expired, to review the Passports Department to update their data within a week.
The cost of Hajj for the people of the Kurdistan region is no different from their peers in the rest of Iraq.
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CandyKisses: Al-Mandalawi refers the request to remove foreign forces from Iraq to the legal, security and defense committees
THE MEDIA DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONFIRMED THAT THE ACTING SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MOHSEN AL-MANDALAWI, REFERRED THE REQUEST TO REMOVE FOREIGN FORCES FROM IRAQ TO THE LEGAL AND SECURITY AND DEFENSE COMMITTEES.
A STATEMENT FROM THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNCIL INDICATED THAT “THE REQUEST IS SIGNED BY MORE THAN 100 DEPUTIES TO THE TWO COMMITTEES (LEGAL, SECURITY AND DEFENSE) AND RELATED TO A PROPOSAL FOR A LAW TO REMOVE FOREIGN FORCES FROM IRAQ.”
HE ADDED THAT “AL-MANDALAWI CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE DECISION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NO. (18) OF 2020, RELATED TO THE REMOVAL OF FOREIGN FORCES AND THE TERMINATION OF THEIR MISSIONS IN IRAQ, BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF IRAQI SECURITY CAPABILITIES, AND THE ABSENCE OF ANY NEW AGREEMENT WITH FOREIGN FORCES THAT MUST REMAIN.”
https://www.dijlah.tv/index.php?page=article&id=342323
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CandyKisses: Sudani resolves debate over ending US presence in Kurdistan
Mawazine News – Baghdad
On Saturday, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani stressed the non-reversal of the decision to end the presence of the international coalition from Iraq, noting that everyone is participating in the negotiations of the American presence, which will be applied in Kurdistan as well.
“The decision to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq is taken in advance and before the events in Gaza, but the current situation in the region necessitated the acceleration of negotiations,” Al-Sudani said in a televised interview followed by Mawazine News.
He added that “the negotiations between Baghdad and Washington are in which most of the political forces within the state administration coalition participate and will be applied throughout Iraq, including Kurdistan.”
He pointed out that “Iraq has been able to liberate its territory and is able to protect itself through its security services during the coming period without the need for an international alliance.”
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CandyKisses: Al-Kalabi: The parliament session will put an end to the American recession in Iraq
Information/Baghdad.Youssef Al-Kalabi, MP for the Coordination Framework, affirmed the parliament’s determination to support the government by issuing an immediate and binding decision on the removal of US forces from Iraq.
Al-Kalabi said in a televised interview that “the US forces returned and betrayed the promises despite the government’s efforts to organize the withdrawal of the international coalition.
“He added that “the House of Representatives will have a role with the size of the Americans regardless for the blood of the sons of Iraqis,” noting that “there are some deputies who refrain from signing an emergency session to expel US forces for sectarian reasons “
He pointed out that “we are surprised by the active role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in bombing Erbil, unlike the bombing of the martyr Abu Baqir al-Saadi.”