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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Is Shafaq News left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Shafaq News is listed as Center on Crosswire: news agencies supply reporting to outlets across the whole spectrum, which rewards a deliberately neutral news style.
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