By John Lee. Oil exports from Iraq’s Kurdistan Region are set to resume through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) following agreements between Baghdad’s Federal Government, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and international oil... Read more »

Shafaq News The humanitarian toll of drought in southern Iraq is no longer measured in withered crops or livestock losses alone. What began as an environmental challenge has now evolved into a... Read more »

Shafaq News Iraq’s railway network, once a vital artery linking the country to its neighbors and Europe, is today only a shadow of its past. Lawmakers and transport experts warn that decades... Read more »

Shafaq News In the modern political memory of Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani occupies an unusual space. He is neither the romantic insurgent of old legends nor the modern populist who rallies public... Read more »

2025-09-24T08:24:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – New York / Kyiv / Moscow US President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that Kyiv could reclaim “all of Ukraine back... Read more »

2025-09-23T16:57:12+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News On the eve of Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections, and after a prolonged period of political withdrawal, head of the Patriotic Shiite Movement... Read more »

Seventy years ago, Baghdad thrived on abundance. The Tigris and Euphrates carried nearly 95 billion cubic meters of water annually, sustaining farms, neighborhoods, and power plants. Iraq’s population was under seven million,... Read more »

Shafaq News For nearly four years, Iraq’s current parliament has struggled to function, earning a reputation as one of the weakest since 2003. The fifth chamber, since the 2005 constitution was adopted,... Read more »

2025-09-22T09:56:03+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Its name is “Abeidha,” meaning “white,” yet for decades it has stood as one of Iraq’s darkest havens for gang leaders, fugitives,... Read more »