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Iraq’s oil exports to India drop 4% in early 2025
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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...
Baghdad rejects Iraqi Kurdistan Region gov. accusations against PMF
Al Mayadeen
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July 5, 2025
The Iraqi Armed Forces' spokesperson denounces the KRG Interior Ministry's accusations against the PMF as baseless, urging cooperation through official channels. The Iraqi Armed Forces categorically rejected on Saturday accusations issued by the...
Iraq bolsters air defense: Korean missiles and French radars expected soon
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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...
Baghdad demands PMF-Erbil drone evidence from Iraqi Kurdistan
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2025-07-05T14:04:59+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s military command rejected, on Saturday, accusations by the Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Interior, which had blamed an Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces...
Iraqi provinces showcase distinctive Ashura rituals
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2025-07-05T15:19:55+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Karbala/Babil Communities across Iraq continue to uphold distinctive rituals blending faith and cultural tradition as millions of pilgrims converge on Karbala to observe the...
Radar warfare puts Iraq’s aerial surveillance at risk
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2025-07-05T21:28:50+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News A wave of drone and rocket attacks targeting Iraq’s radar and air surveillance systems has raised alarms about the country's deteriorating aerial security and its capacity to...
Iraq denies border breach with Syria
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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...
US Sanctions Iraqi-British National for Smuggling Iranian Oil
Iraq Business News
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July 6, 2025
By John Lee. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions targeting networks involved in transporting and purchasing Iranian oil, including a group of companies led by Iraqi businessman...
Veterans of Mississippi National Guard unit look back on Iraq deployment 20 years later
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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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)...
KRG: Baghdad dodging drone attack accountability
Shafaq News
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July 5, 2025
2025-07-05T17:10:31+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has criticized what it describes as continued evasion of responsibility by the Iraqi government in response to repeated security...
PKK to hold symbolic disarmament ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan
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July 5, 2025
2025-07-05T18:51:29+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Ankara A symbolic disarmament ceremony by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will take place soon in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, marking a new phase in efforts to end decades of...
Iraqi Drilling Company completes 113 Oil Wells in H1 2025
Iraq Business News
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July 4, 2025
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has announced the completion of drilling and rehabilitation operations on 113 oil wells during the first half of 2025. The company's teams successfully drilled 27 new wells and rehabilitated 86...
Iraq-Lebanon Oil Link to be Revived?
Iraq Business News
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July 4, 2025
By Dana Taib Menmy for The New Arab. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Is the revival of the Iraq-Lebanon oil link just a pipe dream? The proposal has been raised...
8-year-old Aisha crowned champion of Arab Reading Challenge 2025 in Iraq
Gulf Today
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July 5, 2025
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...
World Associated Press Tight security in Iraq as Shiite pilgrims gather in Karbala for Ashoura commemoration
Yahoo News
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday ahead of Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual pilgrimage...
Shiite pilgrims commemorate Ashoura in Karbala, Iraq, under tight security
Associated Press
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July 5, 2025
BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of pilgrims are in the Iraqi city of Karbala for Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual pilgrimage is one of the...
Iraq's construction sector eyes growth amid challenges
MEED
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July 4, 2025
The economic output of the construction industry in Iraq is projected to grow by 5.2% in real terms in 2025, driven by significant public and private sector investments in transportation, renewable energy, and tourism, according to a recent report...
Elections stir ghosts of Iraq’s sectarian past
Shafaq News
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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...
Baghdad orders higher Mosul Dam output
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2025-07-04T19:08:35+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Nineveh Water discharges from the Mosul Dam into the Tigris River have been increased to 350 cubic meters per second, a technical source at the dam reported on Friday. The...
Baghdad rejects military movements near Kurdistan borders
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2025-07-04T20:41:14+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Garmian On Friday, the Iraqi Security Media Cell denied reports claiming there were military movements by Iraqi army units, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), or...