INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News/ Kurdish and Sunni parties said they would not attend the national dialogue meetings in the absence of the Sadrist movement, a
source from inside the Coordination Framework revealed on Thursday.The source told Shafaq News Agency that the leaders of the Coordination
Framework, a consortium of mainly Iran-backed Shiite political forces, will convene later on Thursday in a decisive meeting to discuss the
fate of the national dialogue talks amid the heightened friction inside the political arena."Major players have notified the Coordination
Framework via a verbal message from Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein that Sunni and Kurdish parties would not attend a meeting that the leader
of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, does not attend," the source said."It seems that talks are underway to revive the Homeland Rescue
Coalition," the source added, "we hope this helps a breakthrough in the recently locked situation."Multiple sources reported that
caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi opted to adjourn a meeting of the national dialogue, or the Palace talks, that has been
