Security briefing: Deadly clashes, terror arrests mark Iraq’s day

2025-08-16T22:21:56+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Below is a summary of key security incidents reported across Iraq on August 16, 2025. Family Massacre (Babil) Four members of a single family were killed and three were injured in a …

Iran defends Iraq security pact amid US opposition

2025-08-16T22:44:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Tehran Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani said on Saturday that the new security agreement signed with Iraq is a joint pledge to prevent any threats to …

Iraq conducts airstrikes on 2 IS hideouts

BAGHDAD, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces have carried out two airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) hideouts, killing a group of terrorists inside, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said on Saturday. Acting on intelligence information, the …

Apex Health granted licence to develop 400-bed Baghdad Int’l Hospital in Iraq

Iraq looks beyond Asia for oil sales

2025-08-16T16:33:49+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Asia remains the primary destination for Iraqi crude, absorbing nearly three-quarters of exports, according to official data. Eco Iraq quoted analyst Duraid Abdullah on …

Iraq repatriates 25,000 from northeast Syria camps: CENTCOM

The Al-Amal Camp south of Mosul houses thousands of Iraqi's repatriated from al-Hol by the government [ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images] Iraq has repatriated 25,000 people from the al-Hol and al-Roj camps in northeast Syria, according to a …

Two firms qualify for Iraq gas project

2025-08-16T09:16:16+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq has shortlisted two companies to implement the floating platform project for importing liquefied gas to generate electricity, the Oil Ministry announced on Saturday. In a …

JOC targets ISIS remnants in Iraq’s Saladin and Kirkuk

2025-08-16T12:50:17+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Saladin / Kirkuk The Joint Operations Command (JOC) announced on Saturday that two airstrikes targeted ISIS remnants in Iraq's Saladin and Kirkuk provinces. According to a …

Iraq’s leaders hail KDP’s 79th anniversary

2025-08-16T12:33:13+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani commemorated, on Saturday, the 79th anniversary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party ( …

Iraq’s Parliament leadership rift halts legislative agenda

2025-08-16T13:26:11+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Parliament has not set a date to resume debate on key legislation, including the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Authority Law, as divisions within its leadership …