Iraq announces Oil Exports for June

By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced finalised oil export volumes for June. Total exports of crude oil: 98,882,613 barrels. Exports from the oil fields in central and southern Iraq amounted to 97,718,994 barrels. Exports to Jordan amounted …

Iraq: Damage to Kurdistan Region Oil Fields Puts Rights at Risk

(Beirut) – Drone strikes on five oil fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by unknown groups between July 14 and 16, 2025, significantly damaged the region’s energy production, Human Rights Watch said today. The drone strikes mark a dangerous …

Iraq’s prime minister seeks closer US ties while keeping armed groups at bay

PPP opposes ban on road travel to Iran, Iraq for Arbaeen

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday criticised the federal government’s move to ban Pakistani piligims from travelling to Iran and Iraq by road. On Sunday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that zaireen (pilgrims) will be barred from travelling by …

Maysan marshes run dry as Iraq’s water crisis deepens

2025-07-28T15:30:54+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Maysan On Monday, Iraq’s Maysan Governor Habib Al-Fartousi warned that marsh water inflows have fully stopped, deepening an already severe province-wide shortage. “The water supply …

Silent crisis: Youth suicides surge in Iraq’s al-Anbar

2025-07-28T15:43:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Al-Anbar Iraq’s al-Anbar province is witnessing a troubling rise in suicide cases, particularly among youth, challenging long-standing cultural taboos in a deeply conservative tribal …

Explosive drone crashes in N. Iraq as joint committee probes recent attacks

BAGHDAD, July 28 (Xinhua) -- An unidentified explosive-laden drone crashed on Monday in Erbil province in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, northern Iraq, local authorities said. The crash occurred at 5:50 a.m. local time (0250 GMT) near the town of …

Iraq vows action after drone attacks on Kurdistan

2025-07-28T14:28:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil On Monday, Iraq’s National Security Adviser Qassem al-Araji emphasized that the security of the Kurdistan Region is essential to the country’s overall stability, citing …

Iraq's Qarah Tabbah district upgrade sparks opposition

2025-07-28T14:59:57+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Al-Sulaymaniyah The federal decision to elevate Qarah Tabbah to district status in Iraq’s Diyala province has drawn criticism from Kurdish lawmaker Karwan Yarwais, arguing that the …

Iraq sentences foreign trafficker to death, destroys seized drugs

2025-07-28T19:38:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Basra/Erbil/Maysan Iraq intensified its anti-narcotics efforts on Monday with a series of actions across the country, including a death sentence for a foreign …