اخبار Iraq

Iraq's civil aviation authority said it was reopening the country's airspace on Wednesday following the announcement of a US-Iran ceasefire,...

Shafaq News-BaghdadUS Secretary ofState Marco Rubio confirmed Wednesday that American freelance journalist ShelleyKittleson has been release...

Yet another tanker has passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the latest sign of a modest restoration of oil flows via the chokepoint. The t...

Celebrations have erupted in Iraq following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the US.

Kittleson was abducted from a street corner in Iraq’s capital last week

Shafaq News- Vatican Threatening the entire Iranian population is unacceptable, PopeLeo stated on Tuesday, stressing that attacks on civilia...

Crowds of angry protesters stormed the Kuwaiti consulate building in Iraq’s Basra.

Shafaq News- IslamabadPakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday called theUS President Donald Trump to extend the deadline given t...

Shafaq News- Washington The US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he may extendthe deadline given to Iran if progress is made in ongoing...

Kittleson, a freelancer for several U.S. outlets, was seized last week in Baghdad by Kataib Hezbollah, a Shiite militia aligned with Iran.

American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped in Baghdad last week, has been released American journalist Shelly Kittleson has b...

Shafaq News- Middle EastA UN Security Council resolution calling for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz failed Tuesday after Russia and C...

An Iran-backed Iraqi armed group says it will release an American journalist abducted in Baghdad last week, calling the move a gesture of go...

The journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was abducted by a militia allied with Iran and held for a week. Iraqi officials say she was freed in excha...

American journalist Shelly Kittleson​ is being released on the condition that she leave Iraq immediately, an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq...

Iraq could restore oil production and exports within a week after the Strait of Hormuz reopens, an official from state-owned Basra Oil Compa...

U.S. and Iraqi officials believe freelancer Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped last week by Kataib Hezbollah, a paramilitary group with links to...

With over 90% of its annual budget historically coming from oil and around 95% of that black gold having to pass through the Strait of Hormu...

One of the biggest targets of Iranian attacks has been in Iraq, against armed Iranian opposition bases in the Kurdistan region. Many opposit...

Shafaq News- WashingtonUS President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that Iran could be eliminated “in one night,” as he outlined details of a...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Monday that it had targeted two US bases in Kuwait and Baghdad, as well as sites of ar...

The Secretary-General of Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq, Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, affirmed that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened to enemies...

Graham Arnold was received by jubilant Iraqi fans upon his return to Australia after a successful qualification campaign.

Iraqis in Sydney turned out in full force to welcome coach Graham Arnold as he returned to Australia.

Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Dr Renad Mansour, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Programme and Director of the...

Iraq has asked its oil-buying clients to submit loading schedules in the next 24 hours, Reuters has reported, citing a document from Baghdad...

Shafaq News- Washington/ TehranThe United States, Iran, andregional mediators are discussing a proposed 45-day ceasefire as a first steptowa...

Shafaq News- Washington/ TehranUS President Donald Trump setTuesday evening as the deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or facea...

When Princeton graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped off the street in Iraq in March 2023 and held for ransom by a militia, it se...

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq announced Sunday that the 4th Regiment of the 52nd Brigade was targeted by a treacherous Zioni...