Israel approves plan to seize Gaza City, prompting sharp domestic backlash

2025-08-08T06:22:58+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Gaza Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan on Friday proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to establish military control over Gaza... Read more »

Kurdistan’s fading footsteps: The last cobbler of Sabunkaran

Shafaq News – Al-Sulaymaniyah Each morning, before the market stirs to life, Saman Saeed unlocks the wooden door of his workshop in Sabunkaran (Sabun Karan), a historic open-air market known for its... Read more »

Khor Abdullah: A waterway entangled in sovereignty disputes and legacy of invasion

Shafaq News – Baghdad The maritime channel of Khor Abdullah, located at the southern edge of Iraq’s Basra province and separating Iraq’s al-Faw Peninsula from Kuwait’s Bubiyan Island, has once again returned... Read more »

Iraq’s water dilema: Basra looks to Istanbul for answers

Shafaq News – Basra Basra Governor Asaad al-Eidani’s recent visit to Turkiye has drawn mixed political reactions across Iraq, particularly in the southern province he represents. Some officials view the trip as... Read more »

Iraq security sweep: ISIS operative captured, terror plot foiled

2025-08-06T21:37:55+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Below is a summary of key security and public safety incidents reported across Iraq on August 6, 2025. – Café Closed Over... Read more »

Iraq’s water crisis deepens: Reserves collapse, mismanagement continues

Shafaq News Iraq is spiraling deeper into a water crisis as climate extremes, state mismanagement, and declining river inflows from upstream neighbors threaten to push the country toward environmental and humanitarian breakdown.... Read more »

Netanyahu’s Gaza plan widens Israeli rift

2025-08-06T08:40:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to pursue the “full occupation of the Gaza Strip” triggered political and military divisions... Read more »

Iraq’s vague Protest Law: A tool for control or a framework for rights?

Shafaq News Iraq’s parliament has reignited fierce public and political debate after reactivating a contentious draft law regulating peaceful protest and public assembly. The reintroduction of the proposal—formerly stalled since 2023—comes amid... Read more »

Iraq’s PMF Law: A battle for state control

Shafaq News As Iraq’s parliamentary term draws to a close, a controversial draft law to restructure the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) has reignited a complex political battle that reaches far beyond its... Read more »

Green turning grey: Inside Iraq’s accelerating desertification

Shafaq News Iraq stands on the brink of an environmental disaster, with nearly 60 percent of its territory either already desert or undergoing rapid desertification. The Green Iraq Observatory has warned that... Read more »