Iraqi Water Crisis Worsens Due to Lack of Strategic Planning

As one of the world’s top oil exporters, Iraq faces an existential threat not from depleting petroleum reserves, but from vanishing water resources that no amount of oil wealth seems able to fix. The Perfect Storm of Water Insecurity Iraq’s water...

Race for the 2025 elections: Fragmentation dominates Iraq's Sunni house

Shafaq News Iraq’s Sunni political arena is entering one of its most competitive phases ahead of the parliamentary elections on November 11, 2025. With the western and northern provinces in play, the contest is no longer only about representation...

There Was An Explosion At An Oil Depot In Iraq

There are dead and wounded. There was an explosion at the Zubair oil field in southern Iraq. It killed one person and injured four others. According to The National News. According to the Iraqi Ministry of Energy, the explosion and fire were...

Poor air quality averages: Toxic fumes choke Baghdad

2025-10-26T12:11:50+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Continuous waste burning and unregulated industrial activity are driving persistent air pollution in Baghdad, Iraq’s Green Iraq Observatory declared on Sunday. The...

Krohne signs up for big Iraq petroleum event

Jay Gadhavi Krohne, a global manufacturer and provider of process instrumentation, measurement solutions and services, has signed up as a major sponsor for the upcoming Iraq Petroleum & Infrastructure Week 2025 to be held in capital Baghdad. To be...

The Yazidi Temple in Hassakeh: Theological Storm or Political Fault Line?

The controversy surrounding the construction of a new Yazidi temple in Hassakeh has evolved into a deeply polarising political and theological dispute—one that reveals profound rifts within the Yazidi community. Some see it as a bold assertion of...

Iraq nears gasoline self-sufficiency with $3B refinery project

2025-10-24T20:30:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq is approaching self-sufficiency in gasoline production through the expansion of its oil refining projects in the northern refineries, Oil Minister Hayan Abdul...

Two workers killed in pipeline fire at Iraq’s Zubair oilfield, officials say

BASRA,Iraq (Reuters) -At least two workers were killed in an oil pipeline fire in Iraq’s Zubair oilfield on Sunday, oilfield officials said. There was no impact on oil flows, they said, with throughput currently at 400,000 barrels per day. The...

EIA: Iraq’s oil exports to US rebound sharply over the week

2025-10-26T06:30:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad / Washington Iraq’s crude oil exports to the United States rose significantly last week, according to data released Sunday by the US Energy Information Administration...

How Will U.S. Sanctions on Russia Impact OPEC+ Strategy?

The OPEC+ group will decide this weekend on production levels for December, in the first meeting since the United States slapped sanctions on the two biggest oil firms in Russia, a key member of the OPEC+ alliance and its second-largest producer...

Iraq, Turkmenistan sign energy deal as Baghdad seeks to ease power shortages

BAGHDAD, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iraq and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement to expand energy cooperation as Baghdad struggles to tackle its long-running electricity crisis, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The deal, signed on Monday,...

Iraq–France Deal to Empower Film Industry Development

Dr Arif Al-Saadi, the Cultural Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image, in a bid to boost creative cooperation between the two nations. The...

Terror-free Türkiye: Stability for nation and region

Several important internal and external dynamics have opened a new window of opportunity for resolving the terrorism problem and the Kurdish issue in Türkiye. The most significant development in Turkish domestic politics was the revolutionary...

US troops should be alarmed at Trump’s strikes on alleged drug boats

Editor’s note: This op-ed was authored by a Department of Defense civilian employee who requested anonymity due to concerns about potential retaliation for expressing dissenting opinions from the Trump administration. Military Times granted...

Iraq's North Oil: Kirkuk exports reach 250,000 bpd

2025-10-24T12:07:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Kirkuk Iraq’s North Oil Company can export 250,000 barrels of crude per day (bpd) from its current production of 325,000 bpd, sources told Shafaq News on Friday. The sources...

Iraq’s 2025 Elections: Shiite giants clash for Soul of the House

Shafaq News Iraq is approaching its parliamentary elections on November 11, 2025, and the Shiite political scene—the country’s dominant arena since 2003—is entering one of its most competitive and fragmented phases. More than 1,700 Shiite...

Iraq leans on Korea in arms shift from U.S., Russia

Published: 24 Oct. 2025, 07:00 Updated: 24 Oct. 2025, 13:47 LIG Nex1's medium-range surface-to-air missiles (M-SAM), also known as Skybolts, are being fired during a military exercise in Korea in 2024. [LIG NEX1] [NEWS ANALYSIS] After purchasing...

Factory fire in Iraq’s Kirkuk injures five, two critically

2025-10-25T17:05:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Kirkuk A fire tore through a building materials factory in Kirkuk on Saturday, injuring five people, two of them critically, according to a Civil Defense source. The source...

Iraq’s 2025 elections: Shiite blocs launch largest post-2003 power contest

2025-10-23T08:30:18+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Shiite political parties and movements are heading into the November 11 parliamentary elections with some of the largest candidate lists since 2003, marking an...

1.6 Billion Dinars in Annual Production Capacity for the Pharmaceutical and Medical Supplies Sector

Jordan’s pharmaceutical and medical supplies sector enjoys a high production capacity reaching 1.6 billion dinars annually, making it a safety valve for the country under all circumstances.اضافة اعلان The sector’s locally manufactured products...