964 Media: The New Digital Platform Aiming to Tell Iraq's Unheard Stories

(MENAFNEditorial) ERBIL, Iraq – In a media landscape often defined by political rivalries and sectarian polarization, a new digital media organization named "964 Media" is attempting to offer a different narrative. Launched in 2023, the platform...

IRGC chief visits Baghdad over fears of Iraqi instability - analysis

Iraq swelters under extreme heat as temperature soars

BAGHDAD: Iraqis grappled on Monday with searing heat in the capital Baghdad and parts of the country’s south, where the weather service said temperatures reached 51C in the shade. Iraq’s 46 million people face rising temperatures, chronic water...

Cabinet recalls with bitterness Iraq’s occupation of Kuwait

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Cabinet has recalled with resentment the Iraqi occupation of the country on 2nd August 1990, and expressed pride of the national heroes who sacrificed their lives to defend their homeland. The Cabinet, in its weekly meeting held...

Iraq's financial revenues exceed 46 trillion dinars in 5 months

2025-07-29T13:39:42+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Tuesday, Iraq’s Ministry of Finance announced that total federal revenues exceeded 46 trillion dinars between January and May 2025. According to the data and...

Iraq prevented 29 attacks by Iran-aligned militias amid Israel-Iran war, PM says

In an interview with the Associated Press published Tuesday, al-Sudani said the attacks were aimed at Israel and US military bases inside Iraq. “These operations were neutralized by Iraqi government security measures,” he said, though declined to...

Iraq to issue Development Road tenders in packages

Iraq intends to invite bids from international companies in late 2025 for ‘The Development Road’ the $17 billion mega multimodal project that will link Iraq to Europe via Turkey, an official said on Friday. The Development Road involves the...

Turkey asks Iraq to ensure full use of oil pipeline in talks

Iraqi workers pump oil at the Shirawa oilfield, where oil was first pumped in Iraq in 1927, outside the northern city of Kirkuk 19 January 2004. [Getty] Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said a proposed new energy agreement between...

Atlantic Council announces New Head of Iraq Initiative

From the Atlantic Council: The Atlantic Council announced that Victoria J. Taylor, former deputy assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran, will be the new director of the Iraq Initiative within its Middle East Programs. Taylor brings a...

Iraq’s PM confirms thwarted attacks on Israel, US during Iran-Israel conflict

2025-07-29T06:40:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani revealed that armed groups inside Iraq attempted to launch rockets and drones toward Israel and Iraqi bases hosting US...

Iraq announces Oil Exports for June

By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced finalised oil export volumes for June. Total exports of crude oil: 98,882,613 barrels. Exports from the oil fields in central and southern Iraq amounted to 97,718,994 barrels. Exports to Jordan...

Iraq's prime minister seeks closer US ties while keeping armed groups at bay

Staying on the sidelines as Israel and Iran traded blows After Israel launched airstrikes on Iran and it responded by firing missiles at Tel Aviv, armed groups in Iraq attempted to launch missiles and drones toward Israel and at bases in Iraq...

Iraq: Damage to Kurdistan Region Oil Fields Puts Rights at Risk

(Beirut) – Drone strikes on five oil fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by unknown groups between July 14 and 16, 2025, significantly damaged the region’s energy production, Human Rights Watch said today. The drone strikes mark a...

Iraq’s prime minister seeks closer US ties while keeping armed groups at bay

Iraq vows action after drone attacks on Kurdistan

2025-07-28T14:28:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil On Monday, Iraq’s National Security Adviser Qassem al-Araji emphasized that the security of the Kurdistan Region is essential to the country’s overall stability, citing...

Iraq's Qarah Tabbah district upgrade sparks opposition

2025-07-28T14:59:57+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Al-Sulaymaniyah The federal decision to elevate Qarah Tabbah to district status in Iraq’s Diyala province has drawn criticism from Kurdish lawmaker Karwan Yarwais, arguing...

Iraq arrests former official over deadly Baghdad’s Al-Dora shootout

2025-07-28T17:45:57+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced on Monday the arrest of the former director of the Agriculture Department in Baghdad’s Karkh district, citing his direct role in...

Iraq sentences foreign trafficker to death, destroys seized drugs

2025-07-28T19:38:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Basra/Erbil/Maysan Iraq intensified its anti-narcotics efforts on Monday with a series of actions across the country, including a death sentence for a foreign...

Iraq grants patents for cancer therapy and smart tech innovations

2025-07-28T17:09:17+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Directorate of Patents and Industrial Designs has granted four new patents for scientific innovations in cancer treatment, sustainable architecture, soil...

TrendingSiege on Sweida, and anger after clashes in Iraq

Food and medicine levels are critically low in Sweida, Syria. Deadly clashes in Iraq have fuelled anger across the country. Wildfires rage in Turkey, Greece and Albania. On today's episode of Trending Middle East: Sweida running out of supplies...