New Customs Rules in Force at Umm Qasr Port

From Almas Group Logistics: New Customs Regulations Take Effect at Umm Qasr Port: What Iraqi Importers Need to Know Iraqi Customs implements item-based duty calculations under Council of Ministers Decision No. 957/2025... Read more »

Surprise operations lead key scenarios for Iraq and the region amid US escalation

Shafaq News The abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has dominated international headlines, redirecting attention toward political dynamics across the Americas and the responses of China and Russia. Despite the scale of... Read more »

Damascus Chamber urges reforms to attract foreign investment

2026-01-07T21:46:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News– Damascus Foreign investors in Syria need legislative updates that ensure operational stability and alignment with free-market standards, a senior official told Shafaq... Read more »

When grief consumes the body: A Gaza mother’s long war

2026-01-07T17:25:32+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Ataf Jundiya spends her days moving between a displacement tent and the dialysis ward of a Gaza health center. The elderly Palestinian... Read more »

Saudi-led coalition: UAE-backed STC leader fled to unknown location

2026-01-07T09:55:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News– Sanaa The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen reported on Wednesday that Aidarous Al-Zoubaidi, head of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), missed a... Read more »

Iraq’s Presidential Race: Kurdish candidates competing for the post

2026-01-05T14:59:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News– Baghdad Iraq’s presidential race has entered a decisive phase with tens of candidates officially registered, but political negotiations and parliamentary arithmetic have... Read more »

Trader protests reshape Iran’s crisis while US signals grow sharper

Shafaq News Political pressure in Iran has traditionally emerged from street demonstrations, but the current protest wave began at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, the country’s main commercial center, where traders, shop owners, and... Read more »

Early 2026 global tensions raise fears of a new phase of proxy conflict

Shafaq News Just days into 2026, a wave of escalating developments, from US attacks in Venezuela and massive protests Iran to intensified Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen, has sharpened concerns that the international... Read more »

Tabaqchali: What Next After Gangbuster Three-Year Rally?

By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. “What next after a... Read more »

US strategy 2026: Containment or military strike for Iraqi armed factions

2026-01-03T19:15:18+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Iraq headed into 2026 with unresolved concerns over the future of armed factions operating outside full state control, as competing domestic positions... Read more »