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About 80 percent of the power grid in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region disrupted after drone attack on Khor Mor gasfield. Published On 27 Nov 202527 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A drone attack on Iraq’s Khor Mor gasfield has forced the facility to suspend operations, cutting off power across…
A Yazidi girl who survived ISIL captivity films herself to process her trauma as rescuers search for her missing family. Mediha, a teenage Yazidi girl from Iraq, shares her story after four years of abduction and enslavement by ISIL (ISIS). Through intimate video diaries, she confronts trauma and seeks justice by initiating legal action against…
NewsFeed Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is claiming victory for his coalition, after early election results were declared. No single bloc is expected to achieve an outright majority, raising the prospect of lengthy negotiations to form a government. Ali Hashem explains. Published On 13 Nov 202513 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social…
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who has sought to balance Iraq’s relations with the US and Iran, is seeking a second term. Polls have opened in Iraq for parliamentary elections that are marked by apathy and scepticism despite close geopolitical attention. Polling started across the country at 7am (04:00 GMT) on Tuesday, in a vote…
On Tuesday, Iraqis from across the country will head to the polls to elect a new parliament. Analysts and observers believe the voter turnout will indicate whether Iraqis have any confidence left in the current political system to provide security and improve basic services. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Both issues have…
Nearly 1.3 million members of the security forces and more than 26,500 internally displaced people are eligible to vote ahead of Tuesday’s polls. Members of Iraq’s security forces and its internally displaced population have begun casting their ballots in the parliamentary elections – the sixth since a United States-led invasion toppled longtime ruler Saddam Hussein…
After decades of armed struggle, fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, are withdrawing from Turkiye and moving to northern Iraq. The conflict between the PKK and Turkish forces has killed more than 40,000 people in four decades. The withdrawal is the latest step in an agreement with the Turkish state, which the group…
Iraqi farmer Umm Ali has watched her poultry die as salinity levels in the country’s south have reached record highs, rendering already scarce water unfit for human consumption and killing livestock. “We used to drink, wash and cook with water from the river, but now it’s hurting us,” said Umm Ali, 40, who lives in…
Iraq is advancing several solar power projects as part of a plan to meet its electricity needs. Iraq is set to open its first industrial-scale solar plant in a vast desert area in Karbala as the government attempts to tackle an electricity crisis that has led to widespread blackouts. Authorities said the plant, the largest…
Farmers and experts warn Iraq’s historic rivers are vanishing, threatening survival, identity and stability. Iraq, once known as Mesopotamia, the “Land of the Two Rivers”, is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. The Tigris and Euphrates — lifelines of agriculture and civilisation for millennia — are running dry. Climate change, upstream dams and…
