Iraq's game changer: Football pitches become political arenas

Shafaq News - Baghdad When the sun sets over Baghdad’s al-Zaafaraniyah district, floodlights flicker on above a small football pitch. Around the iron fence, dozens of young men gather to watch the game unfold. Inside, players in matching kits weave past …

UAE’s Air Arabia to resume flights to Iraq after Iran-Israel truce

Air Arabia, a low-cost carrier located in Sharjah, the UAE, will resume flights to neighboring countries, including Iraq, on July 1, following the reopening of regional airspace after Iran and Israel’s 12-day battle. The carrier confirmed the gradual …

Turkey suffers heavy losses as Iraq-Turkey pipeline remains shut amid corruption and diplomatic deadlock

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey faces mounting economic and geopolitical costs as the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline, a key energy corridor linking northern Iraq’s oil fields to the Mediterranean, has been closed for more than two years. Parliamentary …

Iraq tries to assert state authority during crisis

The Iraqi government has long navigated a path between maintaining political ties with its Iranian neighbor and Tehran’s allies inside Iraq on the one hand, and preserving its security relationship with the United States on the other. Unsurprisingly, it …

Pertamina Evacuates Workers in Iraq Over Fear of Middle East Tensions

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Pertamina's subsidiary, the PT Pertamina Internasional EP (PIEP), which operates in the international upstream oil and gas sector, evacuated seven of its workers from conflict-prone areas in Basra, Iraq, located approximately 450 …

Iran bombing won’t be ‘another Iraq’

After a short and successful war with Iraq, President George H.W. Bush claimed in 1991 that “the ghosts of Vietnam have been laid to rest beneath the sands of the Arabian desert.” Bush was referring to what was commonly called the “Vietnam syndrome.” The …

US Air Force Awards $118M Contract Action to Vectrus for Base Operations Support in Iraq

V2X has secured a cost-plus-fixed-fee, undefinitized contract action from the U.S. Air Force to support the Iraq F-16 program. The $118 million award was a sole source acquisition and includes foreign military sales to Iraq, the Department of Defense said …

Trailblazing Play "Iraq, But Funny" Is Both Hilarious and Heartfelt

It is not every day that the Assyrian language, the modern version of what Jesus Christ spoke, is heard in theatres, but "Iraq, But Funny," a satirical play showing at Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre, is changing that. The unique production, …

Mystery deepens in Iraq after kamikaze drones strike radars - analysis

Israel-Iran war recalls the 2003 US invasion of Iraq – a war my undergraduate students see as a relic of the past

After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on June 24, 2025, that a ceasefire is in effect, one day after President Donald Trump proclaimed the countries reached a deal to end fighting. Experts are wondering how long the …