US prioritizes trade and stability in Iraq under Trump strategy

2025-10-24T17:20:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Washington The US State Department (DoS) said Friday that President Donald Trump’s Iraq strategy prioritizes “commerce over conflict,” focusing on expanding private-sector...

KROHNE Joins Iraq Petroleum & Infrastructure Week 2025 As Gold Sponsor

KROHNE is proud to join IPIW 2025 as a Gold Sponsor Under the patronage of H.E. the Prime Minister of Iraq and with the support of H.E. the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs – Minister of Oil, KROHNE is proud to announce its participation...

Energy cooperation: Baghdad clinches gas MoU with Ashgabat

2025-10-21T18:16:45+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq and Turkmenistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to expand energy cooperation, including natural gas imports, as part of the country’s...

Iraq delivers +100k barrels of oil to Jordan within 9 days

2025-10-21T16:54:01+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad / Amman Iraq, OPEC's second-largest exporter, delivered 117,180 barrels of crude oil to Jordan between October 11 and 19, the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral...

Iraq's Kirkuk: +25 workers casualties due to poor safety standards

2025-10-21T16:20:53+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Kirkuk Workplace accidents in Kirkuk have killed or injured at least 25 workers since the start of 2025, mostly during construction projects, medical sources reported to...

Iraq's agricultural heartland slowly succumbs to collapse

Once the cradle of early agriculture, Iraq risks losing its fertile lands to desertification driven by climate change, upstream dams, and poor water management. This accelerating loss highlights the need for urgent action if Iraq is to avoid...

Iraq to construct power stations of 48,000 MW output

2025-10-21T12:39:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity has launched a comprehensive plan to build power plants with a combined capacity of 48,000 megawatts, following the conclusion of...

Iraq Participates in Annual IMF / World Bank Meetings in DC

By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Finance, Taif Sami Mohammed, along with the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) and their accompanying delegation, participated in the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International...

Saudi Arabia Prepares to Export New Agricultural Products to Baghdad

Saudi Arabia is moving quickly to seize new export opportunities following a recent decision by Iraq’s Economic Ministerial Council to open the market for several agricultural products. The Kingdom is now working intensively to enable local...

Iraq opts for PPP contracts to resolve housing crisis

OPEC producer Iraq is increasingly resorting to public-private sector partnerships (PPPs) to build new residential cities for its citizens and ease the burden on its coffers, the head of the country’s contractors’ federation said. Ali Al-Sanafi,...

Trump appoints Detroit marijuana grower Mark Savaya as special envoy to Iraq

A billboard in Detroit for Mark Savaya's marijuana product Leaf and Bud. – File photo DETROIT — President Trump recently announced the appointment of Chaldean American businessman Mark Savaya, owner of one of Michigan’s largest marijuana...

Why Army logistics need to think like combat units to survive drones

The Russia-Ukraine war has been a drone operator’s dream and a quartermaster’s nightmare. Supply trucks and depots have been pounded by a nearly endless stream of drones and long-range munitions. Resupply of front-line units means running a...

Manufacturing civil war: The Zionist doctrine to destroy resistance

The psychological war is relentless against the regional resistance. All of this is designed to make the support bases of the Resistance buckle under the pressure and begin turning on their movements. The days when the US and its Israeli allies...

Iraqi Airways nears return to European skies

Iraqi Airways is moving closer to regaining access to European Union airspace as part of the country’s broader aviation modernisation efforts. Speaking at the Iraq Transport, Logistics & Airports Exhibition & Conference (ITL Expo 2025) in Baghdad,...

Iraq reinforces its aviation training capacity with U.S. Bell 505 helicopter delivery completion

Iraq has taken delivery of its final batch of Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters, completing a 15-aircraft training fleet for the Army Aviation Command. The program strengthens Iraq’s military pilot training capacity and deepens ongoing U.S.-Iraqi...

Iraq, Greece Resume Strategic Committee Meetings After 25 Years

After a 25-year pause, Iraq and Greece have reignited their strategic dialogue with the ninth meeting of the Iraq-Greece Joint Committee, held recently in Baghdad. The meeting was co-chaired by Iraq’s Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing, and...

Iraq: Terrorist hanged for 2013 double car bombing

2025-10-20T10:49:46+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Muthanna On Monday, the Criminal Court in Iraq’s Muthanna province sentenced a convicted “terrorist” to death for carrying out a double car bombing in al-Rumaitha district in...

Iraq security brief: War-era remains unearthed in Mosul, coordinated raids net dozens nationwide

2025-10-20T21:10:18+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 20, 2025. - Security Forces Capture Attack Suspects Related to Municipal Chief...

Iraqi lessons for Syria’s post-Baathist constitution

On October 5, an electoral college appointed by Syria’s interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, elected two-thirds of a national assembly that will draft a permanent constitution within the next 30 months. Coincidentally, October also marks the 20th...

Damac expands into Iraq with launch of luxury residential project in Baghdad

Damac Properties has launched a luxury residential project in Baghdad as part of its expansion plans in the Middle East as the Dubai-based company forecasts continuing demand for property in the UAE. Damac Hills Baghdad will be built near Abbas...