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 »
The European Union wants to train up to 3,000 Palestinian police officers in the Gaza Strip under a program similar to one it already runs in the West Bank, an EU official... Read more »
2025-11-19T07:32:30+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil By Manish Rai* In the recently concluded Iraqi federal legislative elections, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has emerged as a... Read more »
The inability to reach agreements on a start date for direct talks with Israel regarding Saudi Arabia normalization has delayed the final US approval for the sale of F-35 aircraft to the... Read more »
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet on Wednesday in Istanbul with a delegation of senior Hamas officials led by Khalil al-Hayya to discuss efforts to maintain the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza,... Read more »
Strolling through Tel Aviv, a tourist from an ex-Soviet country might exclaim, “What a solyanka!” In Russian, solyanka is a traditional soup, consisting of whatever ingredients are on hand. By calling the... Read more »
Police pulled back the curtain Tuesday on a covert probe into three senior officials in the rabbinical court system, one of whom is reportedly a former chief rabbi of Israel. Investigators believe... Read more »
Growing up in a Hasidic family, Ari Rabin would secretly share one of his sister’s earbuds to listen to Taylor Swift. He was just 10 — the son of a rabbi who... Read more »
Various reports about the security establishment’s preparations for the “next round” against Iran have been received calmly in Israel. This reaction stems mainly from Operation Rising Lion’s results, during which Israel showcased... Read more »
2025-11-17T23:47:29+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Heavy rainfall over Baghdad and several Iraqi provinces on Friday and Saturday exposed ongoing challenges in Iraq’s sewage and infrastructure systems, as... Read more »