May 5, 2026
2026-05-05T22:37:54+00:00 Shafaq News- Al-Sulaymaniyah A drone strike targeted Surdash camp in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s al-Sulaymaniyah province on Tuesday, with no casualties reported, according to Kurdistan Region security authorities. In a statement, the Asayish Directorate ...
2026-05-05T17:18:45+00:00 Shafaq News- Baghdad Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani wrapped up a two-day visit to Baghdad on Tuesday, describing the trip as “fruitful and successful” after a full round of meetings with Iraqi political leaders, ...
The Constitutional Court ruled that the rights to liberty and security of Ahmet Bayazit and Livan Orman, members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), were violated following their arrests in 2022. The court stated ...
2026-05-05T15:21:57+00:00 Shafaq News- Baghdad Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani reaffirmed Tuesday his commitment to securing the constitutional rights of Iraq’s minorities, including Yazidi, Feyli Kurds, and Mandaean Sabian communities, pledging to bring them into the ...
2026-05-05T14:30:25+00:00 Shafaq News- Erbil The General Directorate of Anti-Narcotics in the Kurdistan Region dismantled on Tuesday an international drug trafficking network and seized more than one million Captagon pills in a coordinated intelligence operation carried ...
2026-05-05T14:00:10+00:00 Shafaq News- Baghdad Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani discussed on Tuesday with Basra Governor Asaad al-Eidani in Baghdad ways to strengthen ties between the Kurdistan Region provinces and Basra. The meeting, held in Baghdad as ...
2026-05-05T12:21:57+00:00 Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq’s political stability hinges on deeper consensus and genuine partnership among its competing forces, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani and leader of the National Approach Alliance (Al-Nahj Al-Watani), Abdul Hussein Al-Mousawi, ...
2026-05-05T12:12:30+00:00 Shafaq News- Erbil/ Baghdad Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani on Tuesday said the tensions between the Kurdistan Region’s two main parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), blocked a ...
Education or food? Funding shortfalls force Sudanese refugees in Egypt to ‘make very difficult decisions’ Roughly 850,000 Sudanese are now living in Egypt, having escaped the brutal conflict in their homeland which recently entered a ...
Safe pathways key to reducing risk for migrants That is a central finding of the new World Migration Report 2026 released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).The report examines how safe and regular migration ...
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