Veterans of Mississippi National Guard unit look back on Iraq deployment 20 years later

A monument honoring the soldiers of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2005 to January 2006 at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. (155th Armored Brigade Combat Team via Facebook) TUPELO, Miss …

Iraq's hidden workforce: The rise of waste picking

2025-07-05T19:50:42+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad The informal profession of waste picking has become a critical lifeline for tens of thousands of young people and women across Iraq, according to Manar Al-Obaidi, head of the …

Mini Iraq in Lucknow and marks of Lucknow in Iraq

8-year-old Aisha crowned champion of Arab Reading Challenge 2025 in Iraq

Aisha Nizar Nazim, a student, won the title of champion in the ninth edition of the Arab Reading Challenge in Iraq. A total of 1,339,270 students from 38,100 schools took part in the competition, which was overseen by 16,310 supervisors. The students …

Elections stir ghosts of Iraq’s sectarian past

Shafaq News Sectarian rhetoric is re-emerging in Iraq’s political discourse ahead of the legislative elections scheduled for November 11, 2025. Once synonymous with civil strife and foreign interference, its renewed intensity has alarmed officials, …

UN Envoy: Iraq’s neutrality pave way for progress

2025-07-05T13:45:08+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Karbala Iraq’s neutrality in recent regional conflicts has positioned it for greater foreign investment and economic recovery, the United Nations’ top official in the country stated …

Iraq bolsters air defense: Korean missiles and French radars expected soon

2025-07-05T15:46:58+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Ministry of Defense confirmed, on Saturday, that its air defense modernization program is moving forward without delays. Tahseen Al-Khafaji, the Ministry’s Director of …

Iraq’s oil exports to India drop 4% in early 2025

2025-07-05T15:44:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Baghdad/New Delhi Iraq’s crude oil shipments to India averaged 860,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the first half of 2025, down 4% from 900,000 bpd during the same period last year, …

Czechia praises Iraq's al-Hol repatriation

2025-07-05T12:17:30+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Baghdad/Prague Iraq has made significant efforts to repatriate its citizens from Syria’s al-Hol camp, Czech Ambassador Jan Vyčítal stated on Saturday. According to a statement …

Iraq denies border breach with Syria

2025-07-05T11:42:50+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Baghdad On Saturday, Iraq’s Border Forces Command dismissed claims that bulldozers had removed earthen barriers along the border with Syria, after a video circulating online raised …