By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani on Saturday launched “Iraq Vision 2050: Towards Development and the Future” at a ceremony attended by government leaders, private sector representatives, diplomats, academics, and... Read more »
2025-09-20T21:28:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News For centuries, Iraqi women have transformed colorful threads into intricate works of art. Today, that same tradition is helping a new generation... Read more »
Shafaq News With Iraq’s parliamentary elections set for November 11, 2025, rifts inside the Shiite-led Coordination Framework (CF) are widening, with accusations traded and no consensus emerging on core issues, most notably... Read more »
Shafaq News Across Iraq’s southern countryside, fertile villages have withered into barren ground, and families once tied to the land are abandoning homes, livestock, and traditions to seek life elsewhere. Entire communities... Read more »
Shafaq News Salah Abdul Hassan, now 15, left Iraq’s juvenile correctional facility after serving a sentence for theft. When he first entered, he could not read or write. “I did not know... Read more »
By John Lee. Major international entertainment and sports organisations have launched a coordinated campaign urging the Iraqi government to shut down illegal streaming platforms that are costing the country’s potential digital media... Read more »
2025-09-19T05:38:08+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraqi police continue to suffer heavy casualties in tribal disputes and armed confrontations, raising concerns about the force’s vulnerability within... Read more »
By John Lee. The US Department of State has designated four Iraqi groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), describing them as Iran-aligned militia groups (IAMGs): Harakat al-Nujaba; Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada; Harakat Ansar... Read more »
Shafaq News The Syrian government’s newly unveiled seven-step roadmap for Suwayda is being sold in Damascus as a bold push for stability. Yet inside the Druze-majority province, where mistrust of central authority... Read more »
From the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC): IBBC hosts Governor of Ninevah and leading commentators at Cumberland Lodge IBBCs annual member retreat at Cumberland Lodge, saw a full house of members and... Read more »