A country-focused index of published reporting tagged Iraq. It includes political, economic, social, humanitarian and security developments; the tag does not make every event representative of every Iraqi community.
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
The Central Bank of Iraq denied reports that it had requested audits of accounts belonging to specific political figures. In an October 29 statement, it described oversight and auditing as routine institutional work governed by law and said its procedures had no political motive. The statement establishes the bank’s position; it does not independently resolve what account reviews have taken place.
Reported: 29 Oct 2026 12:05 UTC · Evidence: Primary source
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said work to extend the Development Road project would begin in early 2027 and that the government plans to bring Grand Faw Port to full commercial capacity. These are the prime minister’s stated plans; the report does not establish that construction or port expansion has begun, or that the timetable is funded or final.
Reported: 26 Oct 2026 · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Kurdistan Region · Context
Shafaq News reports that Kurdistan Region lawmakers James Hasdo Haido and Rami Nouri Siyawish, representing the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac and Armenian communities, warned that the legislature's continued inactivity two years after the regional election was undermining confidence in constitutional institutions. They attributed the deadlock to political parties' failure to agree and urged parliament to resume. This records the lawmakers' assessment; the cause and public-confidence impact have not been independently measured.
Source published: 19 Oct 2026 20:51 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Nineveh councillor Ahmed al-Abd Rabbo told a news conference that external pressure was delaying selection of a Sinjar district chief, rejecting provincial-council divisions as the explanation. Shafaq also recalls an unnamed source's earlier account of factional competition. These are political explanations, not an independently verified cause of delay or an announced completed appointment.
Source published: 19 Oct 2026 19:29 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq reports that Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office directed state institutions to file criminal complaints over media activity it characterises as incitement to violence or obstruction of state weapons-control decisions. The office also says expression and media freedoms remain protected. This reports the government's position, not a finding that anyone committed an offence or that the directive is legally valid.
Source published: 19 Oct 2026 14:18 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Kurdistan Region · Context
Labor and Social Affairs Minister Kwestan Mohamad says media employers in the Kurdistan Region must enrol staff in social security, with an exception for workers already contributing through another KRG government job. Shafaq also reports the journalists' syndicate's call for formal contracts. Contribution rates and completed enrolments were not established.
Source published: 19 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Al-Muthanna environment director Amir Kadhim Al-Aridhi told Shafaq News that authorities have strengthened measures against illegal migratory-bird hunting during the winter migration season. This reports an official's conservation account, not independently measured reductions in hunting or improved bird populations.
Source published: 19 Oct 2026 11:07 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News relays Babil's provincial media office reporting an archaeological find believed to date to the Abbasid era, roughly 1,200 years ago. The office describes preservation and tourism possibilities. No excavation report or independent dating assessment was inspected; the age is provisional and tourism benefits are not measured results.
Source published: 18 Oct 2026 12:59 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News interviews a student and a lecturer about calls for clearer complaints and disciplinary procedures, fair grading, better teaching and greater student participation at the University of Basra's medical college. The report links the demands to allegations of unfair treatment. It does not establish misconduct findings, a representative student survey or adopted reforms.
Source published: 18 Oct 2026 08:37 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
The Central Bank of Iraq says a new electronic service lets people submit damaged-banknote replacement requests through the Ur platform, with its departments completing the procedures. Faster processing and less paperwork are stated aims, not independently tested results or guarantees that an application will be accepted.
Source published: 18 Oct 2026 · Evidence: Primary source
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News quotes Nineveh heritage official Ali Salem saying more than 500 properties in Mosul's Old City have been documented or had their records updated. He says records will go to national authorities in stages for approval as part of the World Heritage nomination effort. UNESCO's page records a Tentative List submission in 2018; this is not a new World Heritage inscription or proof that all properties have formal designation.
Source published: 17 Oct 2026 23:00 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Environment Ministry Technical Undersecretary Jawad al-Jubouri told Shafaq News that air pollution in Baghdad had declined and that the ministry planned to extend its monitoring network across Iraq's provinces. He also acknowledged continuing pollution concerns in parts of the capital. The report provides no measurements or comparison period for the claimed decline; it does not establish safe air, reduced health risks or completed nationwide coverage.
Source published: 17 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News reports that Rebwar Taha is serving as acting Kirkuk governor and quotes him calling for daily administration to continue. It says no successor has been formally nominated and Mohammed Samaan Agha's formal resignation is still expected. No council decision or completed legal succession was independently established.
Source published: 17 Oct 2026 19:45 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq reports the Baghdad OIC meeting closed with a Baghdad Declaration and calls for Palestinian rights, regional dialogue and stronger economic ties. Its account of ministers' closing remarks does not establish implementation, funding or collective adoption of Iraq's earlier economic proposal.
Source published: 17 Oct 2026 06:18 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News relays Iraq's Foreign Ministry saying Iraq and Bangladesh signed two memoranda in Baghdad on October 17: mutual visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders, and regular political consultations. BSS relays a Bangladeshi ministry statement describing the same scope. The texts and entry-into-force conditions were not inspected; this does not establish an operational visa waiver or any change for ordinary passport holders.
Event: 17 Oct 2026 · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News reports that Iraq's Transport Ministry says nearly 10,000 truck journeys have been completed through Iraq under the TIR international transit system. The figure is presented as a cumulative ministry tally, not a count of today's movements. The report does not supply an independently audited journey count or establish claimed wider economic benefits.
Source published: 16 Oct 2026 21:00 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Watch
Shafaq reports that Iraq's International Development Bank for Investment and Finance rejects US Treasury allegations that it helped Iran obtain US dollars and says it is ready to cooperate with regulators through official channels. OFAC's October 15 record lists the bank as designated. The bank disputes the allegations; its statements about financial obligations and services are not independently verified, and no lifting of sanctions is reported.
Source published: 16 Oct 2026 12:45 UTC · Evidence: Disputed account
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq reports the Iraqi Oil Ministry's announcement of an administrative handover to a joint operating body with BP. The account describes intended training, technology transfer and community services. It is an attributed governance development, not independent verification of completed operational changes, increased output or delivered local benefits.
Source published: 15 Oct 2026 10:52 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Agriculture Ministry spokesperson Qusay al-Hattab told Shafaq that Iraq produces about six billion eggs annually against estimated domestic demand of nine billion. This describes a ministry-estimated production gap, not proof that imports fail to meet demand or that three billion eggs are currently unavailable to consumers. The underlying statistical series was not independently inspected.
Source published: 14 Oct 2026 22:35 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Kurdistan Region · Context
Shafaq quotes Walid Al-Dosari describing a Peace Doves initiative at a cultural forum in Sulaymaniyah. His account describes a programme of visual arts and poetry and calls for coexistence and redress for Halabja. This single-outlet account does not establish that compensation, policy change or improved living conditions have followed.
Source published: 14 Oct 2026 17:36 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News reports that Iraq's Agriculture Ministry announced the reopening of imports of potatoes, tomatoes and onions under directions from Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi. The ministry says the decision aims to ease food-price pressure. The announcement does not independently establish new shipments, lower retail prices or effects on domestic growers.
Source published: 14 Oct 2026 14:55 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Susan Abdullah Mohammed, head of Iraq's federal revenue-allocation monitoring authority, told Shafaq News that oil receipts fell to 30.4 trillion dinars in January–July 2026 from 65 trillion in the same period of 2025. She cited Finance Ministry accounts and said rising non-oil receipts had not offset the decline. These are attributed historical fiscal figures, not an independently audited result or a measure of current oil movements.
Source published: 14 Oct 2026 13:14 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News quotes Czech Deputy Environment Minister Ivo Marcin offering water-management expertise at a bilateral business forum. Iraqi Deputy Water Resources Minister Raed al-Jashami described funding limits and overlapping responsibilities as obstacles. The remarks do not establish a newly funded agreement, completed treatment projects or independently measured improvements in drinking-water safety.
Source published: 14 Oct 2026 10:35 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq News attributes September totals of 35,440 marriage contracts and 6,741 divorce cases to Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council. The figures cover provinces outside the Kurdistan Region. They are counts of court records, not a divorce rate or evidence about the fate of the same couples.
Source published: 14 Oct 2026 09:31 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim
Iraq · Mesopotamia · Context
Shafaq reports that Iraq's Ministry of Transport has moved the International Transportation, Airports and Logistics Exhibition and Conference to November 25–27. The reported programme includes sustainable-transport discussions and business seminars. These are announced dates and plans, not confirmation of attendance, agreements or completed transport projects.
Source published: 14 Oct 2026 08:21 UTC · Evidence: Attributed claim