Iran suffers another blow, and one move could topple the regime for good

“What the brave Yemeni people are doing today is the right step in confronting the crimes of the Zionist entity, which is now the most hated in the world. All routes of... Read more »

After US withdrawal: Why experts warn of an ISIS resurgence in Iraq

Shafaq News More than a decade after the US-led Global Coalition was formed to defeat ISIS, Iraq is entering a decisive phase. The September 2025 deadline for US troop withdrawals, set in... Read more »

Film about Cunio hostage brothers to be screened on day of protest

During the upcoming national day of protest and disruption planned for Tuesday, calling for an end to the war and the release of the hostages, Lev Cinemas will host a screening of... Read more »

‘Israel stands for hostages’: Massive day of protest planned for Tuesday

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum announced that it would lead a national “day of struggle” on Tuesday aimed at calling for a deal to secure the release of their loved ones... Read more »

Fashion designer recreates Oct. 7 victim’s wedding dress for grieving granddaughter

Bracha Levinson was brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7 in a livestreamed attack, when her Kibbutz Nir-Oz home burned along with the family wedding dress she had designed and was... Read more »

A one-way ticket: Iraq’s youth bet it all on a migration gamble

Shafaq News The detention of twenty-five young Kurdish men from Al-Sulaymaniyah by Libya’s Anti-Illegal Migration Authority west of Tripoli has once again cast a spotlight on Iraq’s deepening migration dilemma. The Iraqi... Read more »

Netanyahu risks dangerous gamble on Gaza City following Hamas response

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration about moving to comprehensive hostage deal negotiations, and the cabinet’s decision several days later on taking control of Gaza City (and subsequently the central camps), have brought... Read more »

Battered Skyline: Baghdad’s architectural identity under threat

2025-08-24T17:17:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Walking through the alleys of Baghdad, 70-year-old Aqil al-Yasiri pauses to observe the houses—old and new—shaking his head at what he calls... Read more »

IDF said to uproot thousands of West Bank olive trees after Palestinian shooting attack

The Israeli army uprooted thousands of olive trees in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir — an area of ​​about 300 dunams (74 acres) — over the past three days, following a... Read more »

Israel said to assess that ‘one or two’ hostages are in life-threatening condition

Israel has assessed that “at least one or two” hostages held in Gaza are in life-threatening condition, according to a Hebrew media report on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump suggested... Read more »