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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

Country risk, from the local press

Iraq · In the world’s press

Iraq in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention Iraq, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

179 mentions yesterday · 15% below its 30-day mean · 0.6% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned Iraq most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. Iran’s press 339 mentions · 4% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  2. Japan’s press 128 mentions · 4% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  3. Turkey’s press 102 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit
  4. Lebanon’s press 100 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  5. Syria’s press 90 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  6. Saudi Arabia’s press 62 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×0.4 vs its habit
  7. Yemen’s press 52 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  8. Latvia’s press 32 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  9. Congo-Brazzaville’s press 31 mentions · 0.7% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  10. United Kingdom’s press 30 mentions · 0.4% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  11. Algeria’s press 23 mentions · 0.9% of its foreign attention · ×1.7 vs its habit
  12. Jordan’s press 18 mentions · 0.8% of its foreign attention · ×0.6 vs its habit

Iraq’s own press: 2,036 mentions in 7 days.

Stories that reached the Iraq press

The travelling stories this press carried, newest first, with the day it first did.

  1. Protests in France over cost of living 74 presses · 23 days · on 24 Oct 2026
  2. Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles 7 presses · 12 days · on 24 Oct 2026
  3. Houthi missile attack on Riyadh 21 presses · 6 days · on 8 Nov 2026
  4. Trump comments on Iran negotiations 55 presses · 13 days · on 1 Nov 2026
  5. Stock market plunge over AI fears 24 presses · 7 days · on 8 Nov 2026
  6. Trump's statements on Iran military actions 6 presses · 8 days · on 22 Oct 2026

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming Iraq, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

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