Shafaq News Four thousand years after the Sumerians built the world’s first cities on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, Iraq cannot build a hotel near one of them. That is... Read more »
2026-05-31T11:14:15+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Muqtada Al-Sadr’s decision to dissolve ties with Saraya Al-Salam, the armed wing of his Patriotic Shiite Movement (PSM), was conveyed to... Read more »
2026-05-30T15:07:05+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Beirut Hezbollah launched rockets, artillery rounds, and attack drones at Israeli military positions and towns in northern Israel throughout Saturday, while Israel... Read more »
2026-05-30T05:45:21+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Long before the expansion of Iraq’s modern security institutions, the “Shagawat” stood among the most influential figures in neighborhood life —men remembered... Read more »
Shafaq News Debate over armed factions in Iraq has resurfaced after Iraq’s Patriotic Shiite Movement (PSM – formerly Sadrist) leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced the separation of Saraya al-Salam from his movement and... Read more »
2026-05-29T05:32:00+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News World stocks stood at record highs on Friday and oil futures eyed the steepest weekly drop for nearly two months as traders... Read more »
2026-05-28T18:22:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Kirkuk On a hill rising east of Kirkuk stands the Red Church, known locally as the Church of Tahmazgerd, one of the... Read more »
Shafaq News The most effective rebuttal to the Lebanese politicians arguing that Israel’s war represents a historic opportunity for Christians has not come from their opponents, but from the war itself —a... Read more »
2026-05-27T16:05:35+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Beirut Israel intensified airstrikes and artillery shelling across Lebanon on Wednesday, killing civilians and damaging residential neighborhoods and public facilities, while Hezbollah... Read more »
Shafaq News Before sunrise on Eid al-Adha morning, the roads leading into Najaf begin to fill with headlights. Families drive through the night from Baghdad, Basra, Diyala, and other provinces —not toward... Read more »