The Dying Land: Iraq's Environmental Emergency

2025-04-04T09:36:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraq is at a critical environmental crossroads, grappling with escalating crises that threaten both its landscapes and its people. From Baghdad’s dwindling green spaces to the …

Iraq Seizes 30,000 Captagon Pills Near Syrian Border

Iraqi security forces intercepted an attempt to smuggle Captagon pills from Syria into Iraq, seizing 30,000 tablets, the government announced. The smuggling attempt was thwarted near the Al-Baghuz area along the Iraq-Syria border, Interior Ministry …

IRAN: Iraq  April 2025

April 4, 2025: In Iraq’s Shia-majority south, demonstrators protested Turkish complicity in attacks on Syrian Alawites and Shia in Syria. The protesters also called on Sunni religious scholars to openly oppose Islamic terrorism. Most Islamic terrorists are …

Iraq's Khor Mor gasfield reaches production milestone

Production from Khor Mor, Iraq’s largest non-associated gasfield, has reached 500 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), its operators have said. The Khor Mor plant, in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), hit daily production of 525 …

President Barzani on Feyli Kurds' Genocide: Iraq must restore citizenship to victims

2025-04-04T10:54:57+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Friday, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani marked the 45th anniversary of the Feyli Kurds' genocide, calling on the Iraqi government to compensate the victims “in …

Iraq’s Basra: All Syrians under security surveillance

2025-04-04T06:30:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ All Syrian workers entering Iraq's Basra province are registered with the security agencies, including the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) and other relevant bodies, …

Three hospitalised as Islamist attacks Christian festival in Iraq

 (Photo: Getty/iStock) Three people have been hospitalised and an official investigation launched after a man attacked a Christian festival in northern Iraq. Thousands of people from the Assyrian Christian community were walking through the city of …

US tariffs: Trump imposes 10% levies on GCC countries; Syria, Iraq hit hard 

Gulf Cooperation Council nations will face a 10 percent US tariff under Donald Trump’s new trade policy, aimed at addressing what he called long-standing unfair practices.  While the GCC was spared the steepest penalties, other Arab nations were hit harder …

PM Barzani on Feyli Kurds' Genocide: Iraq must compensate victims' families

2025-04-04T07:00:46+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Friday, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani marked the 45th anniversary of the Feyli Kurds' genocide, emphasizing the Iraqi government's constitutional duty …

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