Iraq nears completion of major Al-Faw Port projects

2025-04-12T22:27:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Key components of the Grand Al-Faw Port project have reached advanced stages of completion, Iraq’s General Company for Ports announced on Saturday. The company’s Director General …

Schlumberger awarded Iraq’s Akkas gas field development

OPEC member Iraq has awarded Phase 1 of the development of Akkas gas field to the US-based Schlumberger Company, media reports said on Thursday. The cabinet agreed on an “urgent” investment plan to develop the country’s largest gas field at a meeting …

Iraq, Venezuela vow to deepen energy ties

2025-04-12T20:22:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil Pinto on Saturday pledged to expand cooperation, while urging closer coordination to stabilize global …

After wave of teacher protests: Iraq confirms Sunday as school day

2025-04-12T19:36:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Sunday will be an official workday for all Iraqi educational institutions, the Ministry of Education announced, following a wave of protests by teachers across the country …

Peshmerga forces sweep militant hideouts in Iraq's Diyala

2025-04-12T19:10:47+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ The Kurdish Peshmerga 4th Infantry Division carried out a security sweep in Iraq's Diyala under the supervision of the US-led Global Coalition, the Ministry of Peshmerga …

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Once 80%: Iraq-Syria trade grinds to near halt

2025-04-12T17:38:29+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Trade between Iraq and Syria has dropped to just 5% of pre-war levels—down from 80%—due to prolonged conflict and a recent border closure, a member of the Syria-Iraq Business …

Iran-backed factions revive weapon routes to Iraq: SOHR

2025-04-12T18:01:47+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iran-backed factions stationed in Iraq’s Al-Qaim are coordinating with Syrian smugglers to move weapons into Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Saturday. …

Major blow for Iraq: Zidan Iqbal sidelined for 5+ months with injury, out for key matches

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraq national team and Dutch club FC Utrecht have been dealt a significant blow with the announcement that Iraqi midfielder Zidan Iqbal will be out of action for over five months due to a serious injury requiring surgery. In …

Is Warfare Fact or Fiction? Inside the Real-Life Iraq War Mission That Inspired the Shocking Movie

The new A24 movie Warfare depicts a harrowing Navy SEAL mission in 2006 amid the Iraq War Co-director Ray Mendoza authentically recreated onscreen the real-life mission he and his comrades were a part of The film is dedicated to Elliott Miller, who was …