Shafaq News/ Will the Iraqi Kurds be a collateral victim of the war in Ukraine? In and around Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Islamic State is back. It’s raising its head in Sulaymaniyah. It’s retaking its positions in the caves and tunnels of the Qaraqosh mountains. Along the old Sector 6 front, around Gwer, on a daily basis, ISIS tests the

Shafaq News/ The Coordination Framework on Saturday denied ties to an account named "the Framework's minister" that claims to convey the Shiite forces' consortium on social media.

The Coordination Framework said in an official press release that "the account is fake and the Framework bears no relation to it."

The press release endorsed statements

Shafaq News/ Iraq's parliament speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi on Saturday instructed the competent authorities to submit a report with the requirements to proceed with unearthing what may be the world's largest mass grave in Nineveh, northern Iraq.

Believed to contain roughly 4,000 bodies, al-Khasfa sinkhole is yet to be unearthed, albeit it was

Shafaq News/ Nearly two million pilgrims have entered the Iraqi territory to participate in the Arbaeen pilgrimage with more than a week until the world's largest religious gathering kicks off, a source in the border-crossing administration said on Saturday.

Millions of Shiite Muslims from all over the world travel to the Iraqi city of Kerbala