Shafaq News When Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Baghdad in April 2024, the two leaders announced a ten-year water framework agreement hailed as a... Read more »

Shafaq News Every day, Baghdad wakes up under a blanket of its own waste. Streets and alleys are buried beneath mountains of trash, turning the city into a living symbol of neglect.... Read more »

Shafaq News In Iraq’s intricate political landscape—still defined by sectarian, ethnic, and regional divides—one institution continues to steer the nation’s course: the tribe. As Iraq heads toward the November 11, 2025, parliamentary... Read more »

2025-10-16T14:29:54+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Sanaa (Updated at 18:06) Yemen’s Houthi movement (Ansarallah) confirmed on Thursday the death of its Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammed... Read more »

Shafaq News Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani approaches Iraq’s November 2025 parliamentary elections carrying both credit and criticism. Nearly three years into his tenure, he has brought a measure of stability and... Read more »

Shafaq News The United States has imposed sanctions on several Iraqi banks, companies, and businessmen linked to Iran-backed armed groups, signaling a sharp escalation in economic and political pressure on Baghdad. By... Read more »

By John Lee. An Iraqi government spokesman has said Iraq views recent US sanctions against Iraqi enities, including the Muhandis General Company [Sharakat al-Muhandis al-Amma], as “deeply regrettable,” describing it as a... Read more »

Shafaq News In Iraq, where years of war and uncertainty have reshaped daily life, artificial intelligence is emerging not only as a tool for learning and work but also as a companion.... Read more »

By John Lee. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed new sanctions targeting individuals and companies accused of helping the Iranian regime evade US sanctions,... Read more »