MP calls on the government to appeal Security Council Resolution 833 regarding Khor Abdullah.
8-2-2025
Al-Maalouma/Baghdad…
MP Bassem Nughmesh called on the Iraqi government on Saturday to file an official appeal with the UN Security Council against Resolution 833, considering it an “unfair” decision issued under exceptional circumstances, depriving Iraq of its sovereign right to the maritime Read more…
Dhi Qar receives the green light to implement the air ambulance experiment for the first time in Iraq.
8-2-2025
Al-Maalouma/Dhi Qar..
Dhi Qar Provincial Council revealed on Saturday that it has obtained official approval to implement the air ambulance experiment for the first time in the country within the governorate, with the aim of enhancing the speed of response and rescuing those Read more…
Al-Mandlawi orders the publication of the names of the representatives who were absent from the session and the deduction of an amount of (one million dinars) from their salaries.
8-2-2025
Al-Maalouma/ Baghdad..
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, directed today, Saturday, to publish the names of the absentees and cut one million dinars from their salaries.
A statement from the Council’s media department, Read more…
Kurdish opposition leader: The Democratic Party is evading the implementation of agreements and breaking them at the first turn.
8-2-2025
Al-Maalouma/Exclusive:
Kurdish opposition figure Ahmed Amin accused the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), specifically the Barzani family, on Saturday of not being serious about adhering to the agreements reached, holding them responsible for obstructing the implementation of the latest agreement. Read more…
Al-Sudani announces full funding to improve electricity production across Iraq.
2025-08-02 00:05
Shafaq News – Salah al-Din
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced on Saturday that his government has allocated the necessary financial allocations to develop all sectors of electricity production, transmission, and distribution across Read more…
Iraqis do not trust banks. More than 90% of the money supply is outside the banking system.
2025-08-02 02:58
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The relationship between Iraqi citizens and banks, both governmental and private, remains isolated or nearly severed, especially when it comes to depositing money with these banks. Citizens view these banks as deep wells that hide their money beneath the routine of lengthy Read more…
Investigation: $1.4 Trillion Up in the Air: Two Decades of Explosive Budgets in Iraq
2025-08-02 05:05
Shafaq News- Baghdad/ Special investigation.
Since 2003, when the US invasion toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime and the so-called New Democratic System was inaugurated, Iraq has entered a completely different phase. The first Governing Council was established, followed by an elected parliament, before the process of drafting a constitution Read more…
Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 8-1-2025
8-1-2025 Newshound Guru Militia Man [I’m 100% convinced] the Iraq dinar is undervalued. Remember Iraq’s currency at $3.22 20 years ago was based off oil. It’s not taking into consideration…$16 trillion worth of natural resources… phosphates, sulfur, gold, all those things…All that packs in on top of the real effective exchange rate. [20 years ago] the real effective exchange rate was at [$3.22]. So it supports the fact they can support this even under the circumstances… Read more…
2025 ends… Parliament calls on Sudan to prepare a 2026 budget
2025-08-01 08:09
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed on Friday that the government’s delay in submitting the 2025 budget schedules to Parliament for approval constitutes a legal violation. While anticipating that the schedules will not be submitted soon, the committee called on the government to begin preparing Read more…
The Iraqi government denies that half of the currency supply was damaged by a “rat.”
9-1-2025
For your information/ Baghdad..
The Prime Minister’s financial advisor, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, confirmed that the rumor of destroying half of the 62 trillion Iraqi dinars’ currency is illogical and baseless. He explained that the Iraqi monetary system is subject to strict procedures Read more…
After years of hiatus, the first oil export tanker docks at a side-loading site in Iraqi waters.
2025-08-01 02:18
Shafaq News – Basra
The General Company for Iraqi Ports docked the first oil export tanker at a side-loading site in Iraqi territorial waters on Friday, following a prolonged hiatus of more than four years since SOMO ceased operations. This step marks the practical resumption of export operations via this vital route, “through purely national Read more…
“Development Road” opens the way for a new energy agreement between Iraq and Turkey.
2025-08-01 03:35
Shafaq News – Follow-up
Researchers and experts confirmed on Friday that the “Development Road” project between Iraq and Turkey is no longer just a strategic corridor for transporting goods. Rather, it has become a gateway to a comprehensive energy agreement between the two countries, one that could redraw the map of regional economic Read more…
Production of “improved gasoline” has been halted in Baghdad and the provinces.
2025-08-01 04:47
Shafaq News – Baghdad
An informed oil source revealed on Friday that the production of improved gasoline has been halted across all Iraqi provinces, attributing the reason to a halt in imports from abroad. This comes at a time when domestic capacity remains insufficient Read more…
Trump’s tariffs on Iraq: an opportunity to conclude massive energy deals with Washington
2025-08-01 06:48
Shafaq News – Special Translation
In light of US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Iraq, the Atlantic Council has called for building a win-win relationship for both Washington and Baghdad, including concluding massive energy deals that would surpass even those concluded between Iraq and TotalEnergies or BP.
The US report, Read more…
Prime Minister’s Advisor: 62 trillion rumors are spreading and our monetary system is subject to strict measures.
2025-08-01
The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, confirmed that the rumor of destroying half of the monetary mass, amounting to 62 trillion, is illogical and baseless. While he explained that the Iraqi monetary system is subject to strict procedures in managing paper currency, he called on citizens not to Read more…
Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 7-31-2025
7-31-2025 Intel Guru Frank26 [Iraq boots-on-the-ground report] FIREFLY:
Saleh is on TV saying Iraq is in a stable and safe finical situation. Regardless of what you’re seeing around us…even all that’s going on outside of our borders we have stability. FRANK: Security and stability was born…now let it walk. Read more…
The development road and the port of Faw are redrawing regional trade maps.
31/7/2025
At a pivotal moment in Iraq’s economic history, the Development Road and Grand Faw Port project stands out as the largest strategic attempt to reposition Iraq at the heart of global trade.
The project is not just a local infrastructure development plan, but a regional geo-economic hub, linking the warm waters of the Gulf to the cold European markets, Read more…
The region decides to hand over oil to SOMO, and Parliament welcomes the move.
2025/07/31
The Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee welcomed the Kurdistan Region’s move to agree to hand over oil to the federal government, stressing that this step represents a positive development toward regulating the management of oil Read more…
Politician: The next phase will reveal the character of the new prime minister.
7-31-2025
Al-Maalouma/Baghdad…
Naseem Abdullah, a member of the Political Bureau of the Iqtidar Movement, confirmed on Thursday that the nature of the next phase will determine the personality of the new prime minister, noting that the largest bloc within the House of Representatives, represented by the Coordination Framework, will decide Read more…
In the presence of “Al-Ma’alouma”, Al-Abadi: The elections are on schedule, and we have information about the possibility of fraud.
7-31-2025
Information / Baghdad..
Victory Alliance leader Haider al-Abadi confirmed that the elections will be held as scheduled in November of this year, while noting that there is information suggesting the possibility of tampering with the results, without disclosing further details.
During a meeting Wednesday evening with a group Read more…
