Iraq unveils tripartite cooperation to disarm PKK

2025-05-14T11:20:46+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein revealed a three-way cooperation framework to disarm the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), two days after the group announced its …

The strategic advancement of relations between Turkey and Iraq

Turkey is boosting its presence in the Middle East and has appointed a special envoy to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Iraq.  The choice of Veysel Eroglu is a strategic diplomatic tool in a premeditated plan, distanced from presenting itself under a …

Iraq releases over 19,000 prisoners under new amnesty, including ex-Daesh members

The move offers legal reprieves to some individuals convicted on terrorism-related charges, judicial authorities announced on Tuesday. The law has also halted all executions, including for former Daesh members. The group once controlled nearly a third of …

Iraq welcomes the lifting of US sanctions on Syria

Baghdad, SANA- The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its country’s welcome of the decision to lift sanctions imposed on Syria. In a statement reported by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the ministry said: “The Republic of Iraq welcomes the …

Operations begin at Lucky Cement’s new clinker line in Iraq

Lucky Cement Limited announced on Wednesday that its new clinker line has started operations at Najmat Al-Samawah (NAS), located in Samawah, Iraq, on May 13. This was revealed by the company in a notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). In May, 2023, …

Iraq Dinar Fraud: $8.4m Recovered

By John Lee. The Iraqi Judiciary has recovered 11 billion dinars [$8.4 million] following a financial fraud case involving a company that illegally profited from currency exchange rate differences through fraudulent overseas money transfers. According to a …

Iraq Assumes Presidency of Economic and Social Council

By John Lee. Iraq has assumed the presidency of the Economic and Social Council at the ministerial-level meeting in Baghdad, part of the preparations for the Fifth Arab Economic and Social Development Summit. The outgoing president, Lebanese Minister of …

Iraq war veteran finds healing and peace through street photography

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - After serving in the Iraq War, JP Caffee came home in February 2006 and developed alcoholism and narcotic addiction. “I was given an ultimatum by, you know, people that I cared about then that, ‘Hey you either need to go to …

In Iraq, audio leak puts embattled Sunni leader under fire

Turkey-Aligned Hackers Targeted Iraq-Based Kurds with Zero-Day Exploit

A cyber threat actor believed to align with Turkish government interests has been observed exploiting user accounts that have not applied fixes to a vulnerability (CVE-2025-27920) in Output Messenger, a multiplatform chat solution. The campaign was …