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 »

2026-01-03T11:15:29+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News– Tehran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that the wave of protests spreading across Iran is rooted in... Read more »

Shafaq News For years, calls to restrict weapons to state control in Iraq have resurfaced periodically, often framed as a technical security reform or a political slogan. But the renewed debate over... Read more »

2026-01-02T07:08:00+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News The U.S. dollar made a feeble start to 2026 on Friday after struggling against most currencies last year, while the yen steadied... Read more »

Shafaq News There is no clear basis to conclude that 2026 will be better than 2025, a year marked by wars, sharp economic volatility, severe financial disruptions, and widespread living crises across... Read more »

2026-01-01T21:16:30+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Below is a summary of key security and crime-related incidents reported across Iraq on Thursday, January 1, 2026. Woman Killed After Chemical... Read more »

By Guest Blogger. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Will 2026 Be the Year Iraqi Dinar Speculators Finally Strike... Read more »

Shafaq News – Baghdad The Middle East enters 2026 not on the path to resolution, but in a state of enforced equilibrium. Ceasefires have reduced the pace of violence across several fronts,... Read more »

Shafaq News– Damascus Syria experienced one of its deadliest periods in 2025, with thousands of civilians killed in mass killings, field executions, and other security violations across several regions, according to the... Read more »