Erbil (NINA) –The Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh al-Maliki arrived in Erbil on Saturday morning in a second visit for a Palestinian official to Erbil since 2009.

Sulaymaniya (NINA) – Six persons killed and seven others wounded when a private plane crashed on Sulaymaniya Airport.

Baghdad (NINA) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued instructions reducing his monthly salary by 50%.

Baghdad (NINA) – The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayid al-Nahyan, said that in the next few weeks his country will open a consulate in Kurdistan region.

Ramadi (NINA) – A second house attacked in one day in Falluja, without resulting in casualties.

Ramadi (NINA) – Gunmen launched an attack on against the house an instructor at the Islamic University in Falluja, wounding two of his sons and putting the house on fire.

Baghdad (NINA) – Kurdish Alliance’s official, Mahmoud Othman, expects that the Arab Summit will not be held on time because, “Some Arab entities are being threatened.”

Baquba (NINA) – In a number of security operations in various parts of the province, police in Diyala province arrested eleven wanted persons.

Baghdad (NINA) – President Jalal Talabani said that Iraq seeks to consolidate its state and institutions; it is in need of the support of its brothers and friends to enable it keep moving forward.<

Ramadi (NINA) – Eight persons killed and wounded in a suicide attack on Thursday evening, Feb. 3, in central Ramadi.