Iraq’s new parliament: No bloc can impose, none can be ignored

Shafaq News Iraq’s newly elected parliament has stepped into an unfamiliar political era where forming a government is no longer a predictable post-election ritual, but a test of how far the country’s... Read more »

How Jews built the NBA

On a chilly night in Toronto on November 1, 1946, the New York Knickerbockers tipped off against the Toronto Huskies in the very first game of what would become the NBA. Just... Read more »

Iraq security roundup: Tribal killing, drug sentences, and threat network dismantled

2025-11-24T22:55:35+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 Monday, November 24, 2025. Man Killed in... Read more »

Israel faces mounting crisis over extremist settler attacks in West Bank

On November 11, roughly 100 Israeli extremists carried out one of the largest settler attacks in recent memory, targeting Palestinian factories and farmland in the northern West Bank, between Nablus and Tulkarm. ... Read more »

War of Isolation: US–led pressure collides with Iran’s push to reinforce influence

2025-11-24T19:31:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Regional dynamics in the Middle East continue to shift as Iran seeks to reassert its influence following two years of... Read more »

Hezbollah reaction after Haytham ‘Ali Tabataba’i assassination

For the past year since Israel and Lebanon reached a ceasefire, Hezbollah has wrestled with a difficult question: how to respond to the relentless, daily strikes by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)... Read more »

Stable but not secure: The fragile reality of Iraq’s economy

Shafaq News Iraq has entered a narrow and politically sensitive window for fiscal reform as the government transitions into caretaker status. Economists and policy advisers warn that the next administration inherits an... Read more »

Is Israel about to lose its military edge in the Middle East?

Israel’s military edge in the Middle East may be at risk, as U.S. President Donald Trump committed to sell Saudi Arabia advanced F-35 fighter jets during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince... Read more »

Post-election vacuum freezes Iraq: Government formation, economic woes top agenda

Shafaq News On November 11, 2025, Iraq held its sixth parliamentary election since 2003, drawing more than 56% of voters nationwide. Attention now turns to the new legislature, which faces the twin... Read more »

Hezbollah is cornered, and Israel knows it

The surgical strike in Beirut’s Dahiyeh against Hezbollah’s chief of staff, Haytham ‘Ali Tabataba’i, is unmistakable proof of the pressure facing the terrorist organization. Since the elimination of most members of the... Read more »