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For the second consecutive session, Iraqi ministers from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) boycotted today’s meeting of the Iraqi Council of Ministers in protest of the federal Finance Ministry’s suspension of salary payments to civil servants in the Kurdistan Region.
In contrast, the two Kurdish ministers from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) attended both sessions.
: PM office
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The evacuation of some US Embassy personnel in Iraq or the region is an internal precautionary measure unrelated to any security indicators within Iraqi territory, Iraq’s Armed Forces spokesperson Sabah al-Numan told Iraqi state-run News Agency.  ;
He added that intelligence and field reports show no actual threats that could affect diplomatic missions or the overall security situation in Iraq.
: US Embassy
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