WFP Iraq Country Brief, May 2025

In Numbers 11,293 People assisted USD 347,958 cash-based transfers made USD 24.7 million six months (June - November 2025) net funding requirements Operational Updates General Food Assistance WFP provided e-vouchers to over 4,940 residents (1,299 …

Gulf countries and Iraq on alert for radiation levels as Israel-Iran war rages

Gulf countries and Iraq are monitoring radiation levels in the region as Israel strikes nuclear sites in Iran. Concerns about radiation are focused on the potential for an Israeli attack on the Bushehr nuclear power plant, experts said. Since the beginning …

It's Iraq All Over Again!

The reason I started Crooksandliars back in 2004, was because I was furious about the Iraq war started by George Bush. I learned soon after how our independent press fiddled away their journalistic responsibilities and cosigned most of the Bush …

Water levels plummet at drought-hit reservoir in Iraq

DUKAN: Water levels at Iraq’s vast Dukan Dam have plummeted as a result of dwindling rains and further damming upstream, hitting millions of inhabitants already impacted by drought with stricter water rationing. Amid these conditions, visible cracks have …

Iraq urges US to prevent Israeli Airspace violations

2025-06-21T18:35:13+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs renewed its call on Saturday for the United States to take urgent action to prevent Israeli aircraft from violating Iraqi airspace. According …

Iraq urges caution on social media to protect civil peace

2025-06-21T20:56:56+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraq’s National Security issued a warning on Saturday against attempts to mislead public opinion and undermine civil peace through social media, urging greater accuracy in the …

Is Keir Starmer about to make the same mistake in Iran that Tony Blair made with Iraq?

Highway 80, dubbed ‘the Highway of Death’, a road between Kuwait and Basra, after a USAF attack on civilians and retreating units of the Iraqi army. Photo by samdaq is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0. Martin Shipton It’s nearly a quarter of a century since …

OIC meeting: Iraq calls for immediate halt to Israel's Iran strikes

2025-06-21T16:10:24+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi met on Saturday in Istanbul to discuss the ongoing escalation in the region, calling for an immediate …

Middle East Airlines cancels flights to Iraq on June 22 and 23

Mystery object injures five children in Iraq

2025-06-21T21:18:08+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Five children were injured Saturday when a strange object crashed in Saladin province, the Iraqi Interior Ministry reported, as missile and drone debris linked to the Iran-Israel …