US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites spark retaliation fears in Iraq

2025-06-25T21:41:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Iraq The recent US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities have fueled fears of retaliation inside Iraq, where Iran-backed factions maintain significant influence and American forces …

Middle East Airlines resumes full flight schedule to Iraq

Middle East Airlines (MEA) announced in a statement on Wednesday that, following the resumption of its flights to Baghdad earlier in the day, it will fully resume its previously scheduled flights to and from Baghdad, Najaf, and Erbil. The flight schedule …

2 IS militants killed in N. Iraq

BAGHDAD, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Wednesday in a military operation in northern Iraq, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service said in a statement. Acting on intelligence reports, counter-terrorism forces ambushed the …

Lopez: An example in Iraq

"It's amazing to see people living the Christian faith — and especially when they don't have to." That's what Chaldean Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko of Alqosh in Iraq told me during an interview two years ago. A soft-spoken man, …

Covert Strike On Iraq: Unknown Drones Humiliated Russian "Pantsirs"

7 All 24 drones reached and hit their targets, bypassing Russian-made air defenses. On the night of June 24, Iraq was hit by unknown kamikaze drones that struck a number of strategic sites in the country despite the presence of 24 Russian Pantsir-S1 anti- …

Iraq Women’s Team Prepares for Mongolia Match

Iraq’s women’s national football team is preparing for a crucial second match in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers, set to face Mongolia on 26 June, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The team opened their Group B campaign with a 0-0 draw against Timor-Leste …

Iraq joins UN climate loss and damage committee

2025-06-25T15:03:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, Iraq was elected to the executive committee of the UN’s Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. Youssef Mueed Youssef, director of the Climate Change …

Iraq sentences four over ties to extremist al-Qurban sect

2025-06-25T08:59:32+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced four individuals to two years in prison for their affiliation with the banned group known as al-Qurban, a security source told Shafaq News. …

World Bank Approves $930m for Iraq Railway Upgrade

By John Lee. The World Bank approved on Wednesday a US$930 million [approx. IQD 1.2 trillion] loan for Iraq to modernise its railway network, strengthen domestic and regional trade, and support economic diversification. The Iraq Railways Extension and …

World Bank approves $US 930m for Iraq’s railways