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Shafaq News
Iraqi independent, center
Shafaq News is an Iraqi digital news agency founded in 2011 and tied to the Shafaq Foundation for Culture and Media, which has roots among the Feyli Kurdish minority of Iraq. It publishes in Arabic, Kurdish, and English, covering Iraqi politics, security, and regional affairs for domestic and international readers. Its coverage of the Trump administration focuses on U.S.-Iraq and U.S.-Middle East policy and is largely factual and descriptive in tone.
Owned byShafaq Foundation for Culture and Media, chaired by Ali Hussein Feyli; a related UK-registered entity, Shafaq Centre for News and Media Cooperation Limited, is also on record
LeaningIraqi independent, center
On the administrationmostly neutral
5average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun