Iraq Anti-Corruption and Arbitration Initiative Enters New Phase

Iraq Strengthens Integrity and Environmental Justice: Anti-Corruption and Arbitration Initiative Enters New Phase With a 14-place leap in global Transparency Index, the country moves to tackle corruption linked to climate, environment, and... Read more »

A story in Hawizeh marsh: From water to dust life

2025-11-21T19:42:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Maysan The memory of Hawizeh’s blue water still lingers, the light once shimmering on its algae before drought forced Mustafa Hashem... Read more »

Lebanon: A nation unraveling tensions overshadow independence

Shafaq News – Beirut Lebanon will hold no Independence Day celebrations this year, with the government citing intensified Israeli strikes, widening border violations, and a national climate too fragile for public ceremonies.... Read more »

CBI Instructions for Exchanging Dinars

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has issued a statement setting out its criteria for trading and replacing banknotes. This unofficial translation is provided in good faith for general... Read more »

Yen steadies as Tokyo signals possible intervention

2025-11-21T13:36:27+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News The yen found some support on Friday as Japanese officials stepped up their verbal intervention to stem the currency’s decline, while the... Read more »

Culture vs. conflict: Is Baghdad’s golden age memory only?

Shafaq News Baghdad marks 1,263 years since its founding with an unusually reflective mood, confronting how a city conceived as the “City of Peace”—once the intellectual heart of a global empire—grapples with... Read more »

Diabetes in Iraq: A mounting public-health crisis as the country marks World Diabetes Day

2025-11-20T15:43:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News  Iraq marked World Diabetes Day amid growing concern over the rapid rise of the disease, as updated national and global estimates highlighted... Read more »

Iraq’s 1.7 threshold: How the revised electoral system shut out small players

Shafaq News Iraq’s sixth parliamentary elections — held through special and general voting on November 9 and 11 with a turnout of 56.11% — revived an old argument about how the country’s... Read more »

$103 allowance denied: Teachers accuse Iraq’s government of post-election betrayal

2025-11-19T10:29:05+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Iraq’s teachers and education staff are preparing for nationwide protests after the Ministry of Finance refused to release a 150,000-dinar (roughly $103)... Read more »

Iraq’s new political equation: Armed groups’ gains put pressure on US

Shafaq News On the morning after Iraq announced the results of its 2025 parliamentary elections, the political landscape felt familiar yet fundamentally transformed. The Patriotic Shiite Movement (PSM), led by Muqtada Al-Sadr,... Read more »