Iraq celebrates National Day with parades, marathon, and cultural events

2025-10-03T06:55:44+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraqis are celebrating their National Day on Friday, October 3, marking 93 years since the country gained independence from the British mandate and became the first...

Iraq Election Commission announces candidate list

The Iraqi Independent High Election Commission published the names of candidatdates who will participate in the parliamentary elections. The Commission said that 7,768 people have registered as candidates in the elections. Of these, 2,248 are...

‘Finally, blessedly, free’: Elizabeth Tsurkov in 1st statement after release from Iraq

Elizabeth Tsurkov, the Russian-Israeli academic who was kidnapped by the Shiite militia Kataeb Hezbollah in Iraq in 2023, issued on Friday her first public statement since being freed on September 10, thanking the US for orchestrating it....

Three teams bid for Baghdad airport PPP

The project involves the rehabilitation, expansion, financing, operation and maintenance of Baghdad International airport in Iraq Become a MEED subscriber for unlimited access to: Exclusive news, comment and analysis on the MENA region An...

Iraq receives 3 bids for Baghdad Airport PPP project

Iraq’s Ministry of Transport said on Thursday it has received three bids from international consortia to develop Baghdad International Airport under a public-private partnership (PPP) model. The three consortia are: Saudi’s Asyad Holdings and Top...

President of Azerbaijan highly values exchange of views with Iraqi counterpart in New York

Baku, October 3, AZERTAC President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to President of Iraq Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid on the occasion of Iraq’s national holiday. In his letter, the Azerbaijani President highly valued his recent...

Oil flows from Iraqi Kurdistan to Turkey halted due to full tanks, sources say

Crude oil exports from Iraq's Kurdistan region to Turkey's Ceyhan port were halted on Friday because storage tanks had reached capacity, two energy sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. One of the sources said flows were...

Meeting the career women shaping Baghdad’s future: “Independence is the most beautiful feeling in the world.”

College was a big life shift for Maryam. She went from being awkward and shy to being a “toastmaster,” as Badraa calls her. Maryam recalls her coursemates worrying about getting a governmental job, and to this day, working for the government is...

Security cooperation between Iraq and Iran poses a risk to the US and Israel

Iraq will not allow its airspace to be used as a platform for attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thus, Iraq's National Security Adviser, Qasim al-Araji, pledged to take all necessary measures to prevent further violations of Iraqi...

Solar Could Help Iraq Boost Oil Exports by 250,000 Bpd

Iraq could ramp up its crude oil exports by some 250,000 barrels daily as it saves this amount from local consumption with the help of several solar power projects. Zawya reported the news, citing a government official, who said that “Iraq...

Syria signs US$300m agreement with Iraq’s Vertex to expand Hama Cement plant

The Syrian Ministry of Economy and Industry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Iraqi investment group Vertex to rehabilitate, develop, and operate the third production line at the Hama Cement plant in central Syria. The...

President Ilham Aliyev highly values exchange of views with Iraqi counterpart in New York

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to President of Iraq Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid on the occasion of Iraq’s national holiday, Azernews reports. In his letter, the Azerbaijani President highly valued his recent meeting...

Iraq launches parliamentary election campaign ahead of November vote

2025-10-03T05:11:31+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq opened its parliamentary election campaign on Friday, beginning five weeks of rallies and advertisements across all provinces ahead of the November 11 vote. The...

Azerbaijani leader congratulates Iraqi counterpart on national holiday

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, has addressed a letter to the President of the Republic of Iraq, Abdullatif Jamal Rashid, on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Iraq, APA reports. The letter reads: "Dear Mr....

Azerbaijani President congratulates his Iraqi counterpart

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, President of the Republic of Iraq, on the occasion of the country's national day, Azernews reports. "Dear Mr. President, On behalf...

Iraq, Kurdistan reach new oil agreement to regulate exports, boost revenues

Nawar Al Rikabi Press TV, Baghdad Iraq and the Kurdistan Region have signed oil agreement aimed at regulating exports, boosting revenues, and resolving long-standing disputes between Baghdad and Erbil. Under the deal, the region will produce...

Iraq security brief: Drug smuggling foiled, PMF nabs Baath suspect

2025-10-02T21:06:06+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 October 2, 2025. - Border Forces Foil Balloon Smuggling Attempt (Baghdad) Iraq’s Border...

Basra: Protesters block Baghdad highway over water crisis

2025-10-02T21:56:35+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Basra Protesters in Basra’s Al-Dair district blocked the main highway connecting Baghdad and Basra on Thursday over the escalating water crisis. The escalation followed a...

Iraq's political enigma: The unpredictable maneuvers of Muqtada al-Sadr

Shafaq News For more than fifteen years, the sudden “retirements” and repeated political maneuvers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Patriotic Shiite Movement (formerly Sadrist), have dominated Iraq’s political scene, each...

Iraq Kurdistan oil flows to Turkey running at around 180,000 bpd

Flows resumed on Saturday, as eight oil companies operating in Iraqi Kurdistan reached agreements with Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government [Getty] Crude oil flows from Iraq's Kurdistan region to Turkey's Ceyhan port are running at around...