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Iraqi News
22-05-2025
- Climate
- Iraqi News
Iraq sees early summer with 49˚C in the south
Baghdad ( – Iraq's national meteorological center said that temperatures in the southern city of Basra surpassed 49 degrees Celsius (more than 120 Fahrenheit) on Thursday, bringing in summer early this year. According to the EU's climate monitor, the world's temperatures remain near-record peaks this year, prolonging an extraordinary heat wave that began in 2023. The spokesperson for Iraq's national meteorological center, Amer Al-Jabiri, told AFP that it is the highest temperature measured in Iraq in 2025. Al-Jabiri explained that the heat this year is different than the previous year, when the temperature was quite mild in May and started to get higher in June. In Iraq, summer temperatures often surpass 50 degrees Celsius, especially during July and August, and occasionally reach these extreme levels even earlier in the season. According to officials, two cadets died on Sunday, while others were hospitalized with heatstroke at a military college in the southern Iraqi province of Dhi Qar. According to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, nine cadets showed signals of tiredness from sun exposure while waiting to be assigned to battalions. The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, ordered the relevant authorities to investigate the deaths of the two cadets. According to the United Nations, Iraq is one of the five countries that would be most affected by climate change. It has also experienced extended drought as well as regular dust storms. While the region of Maysan is accustomed to hot summers, Mustafa Hashem, an environmental activist and daily laborer, said the heat began earlier than expected this year. Hashem added that one of his coworkers fainted as they were maintaining cooling equipment on the roof of a building.
Shafaq News
10-04-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Teachers' unrest in Iraq: Parliament to introduce key reforms
Shafaq News/ On Thursday, Iraq's Parliament convened in a special session to address the ongoing protests in the education sector, with lawmakers poised to approve 'important' recommendations to improve teachers' livelihoods. The session, part of the first legislative term of the fourth year, aims to respond to educators' demands, focusing on improving their living conditions and the quality of education across Iraq, according to the Parliament's media office. Speaking with Shafaq News, MP Khadija al-Jabiri called today's session 'crucial,' emphasizing the challenges faced by educators, including low salaries, poor living conditions, and inadequate school facilities, which hinder their ability to deliver quality education. 'Addressing these issues is essential, as teachers are the foundation of building future generations,' she said. In response to these concerns, Al-Jabiri confirmed that Parliament would approve key measures, including instructing the government to allocate land plots and increase financial entitlements and allocations for educators. Diving deeper into the recommendations, MP Firas Al-Muslimawi revealed to our agency that they include amending the Salary Scale Law, the Ministry of Education Law, the Teachers' Protection Law, and recommending the inclusion of contract regularization in the budget tables, which have not yet been submitted to Parliament. In turn, MP Haitham Al-Fahad wrote on Facebook that Parliament has recommended the government send the Civil Service Law for a vote on the salary scale, describing the move as 'significant for improving the working conditions of a large segment of the Iraqi population.' Iraq has recently witnessed a wave of protests across various provinces, including Al-Diwaniyah, Baghdad, Najaf, and Karbala, with teachers and public employees demanding fair wages and stronger legal protections. The unrest has been particularly intense in Dhi Qar province, where over 60 school directors resigned on Wednesday, calling for a clear response from the Ministry of Education regarding the violations they and their colleagues reportedly faced during demonstrations.
