Shafaq News

Shafaq News is an Iraqi multilingual news agency reporting in Arabic, English and Kurdish. It covers Iraqi and Kurdistan Region politics, security, economy and society, plus Middle East and international affairs.

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Shafaq News at a glance

Country: Iraq
Region: Türkiye, Iran and Iraq · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Shafaq News

Crosswire groups Shafaq News as Centrist for comparisons within Iraq's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Shafaq News sits in Iraq's press

Shafaq News is one of 6 outlets tracked in Iraq and the only news agency tracked there. By outlets tracked, Iraq ranks fifth of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 10 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Shafaq News outside Iraq, starting with Türkiye, Iran and Iraq, are SANA (Syria), WAFA (Palestine), KUNA (Kuwait) and Saba (Sanaa) (Yemen). Opening one of them beside Shafaq News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.