Shafaq News Once a defining marker of identity and scholarship across the Arab world, Arabic handwriting is now in steady decline. Teachers from Baghdad to Amman and Cairo say they increasingly struggle... Read more »
2025-11-28T15:44:18+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Damascus On Friday, multiple governments and international bodies condemned the Israeli raid on the Syrian town of Beit Jinn (Beet Gian),... Read more »
2025-11-28T16:36:16+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Beirut The Lebanese Army said it has completed most of the initial stage of the “Homeland Shield” plan in southern Lebanon,... Read more »
2025-11-28T06:50:59+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Economic confusion spread across Iraq in recent days as claims of “missing funds,” “salary delays,” and “cut livelihoods” circulated widely on social... Read more »
2025-11-27T13:39:53+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Washington The Middle East’s ability to host advanced artificial-intelligence data centers—especially in Iraq—will depend on the stability of national electricity systems,... Read more »
2025-11-26T16:09:19+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad The warning signs are easy to miss. A faded skull-and-crossbones nailed to a fence in southern Iraq. A rusted metal... Read more »
Shafaq News On Basra’s waterfront, the billboards for singer Mohammed Abdel-Jabbar’s cancelled concert still hung over a space where a stage was meant to rise. The organizing company withdrew after receiving threats,... Read more »
Shafaq News Iraq’s new government is taking shape under a heavy shadow: Washington and Tehran are both watching, both pulling, both asserting influence—despite public claims of friendship and respect for Iraq’s independence.... Read more »
Shafaq News Iraq’s political landscape is undergoing a deep restructuring following the recent elections, as major components move to consolidate their positions ahead of government formation. After the Shiite Coordination Framework reaffirmed... Read more »
Shafaq News Iraq’s newly elected parliament has stepped into an unfamiliar political era where forming a government is no longer a predictable post-election ritual, but a test of how far the country’s... Read more »