A dispute between Iraq and Turkey has emerged as a dramatic geopolitical sideshow to the complicated military campaign to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, from the Islamic State. President Recep Continue Reading
Oil Ministry pursues negotiations with IOCs on new oil projects – a warning shot at OPEC members seeking to impose quotas. An Iraqi worker adjusts a control valve at the Continue Reading
Three improvised explosive devices have hit Basra city in the past three days, highlighting ongoing security problems. Iraqi security and intelligence forces discover improvised explosive devices in the al-Badiya area Continue Reading
Isis has launched a surprise attack on the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk in Iraq, its first major incursion into an Iraqi city outside its control in months. Suicide bombers and Continue Reading
The sounds of battle north of Mosul on Thursday morning told the story of how Islamic State fighters had chosen to meet a new Kurdish assault: the eruptions of suicide Continue Reading
Peshmerga forces opened a new, northern front on Thursday in the offensive to retake Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) militant group, which is putting up a determined defense and Continue Reading
Military vehicles for the Iraqi security forces gather on the east of Mosul during preparations to attack Mosul, Iraq, October 15, 2016. Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday announced Continue Reading
Norwegian energy company DNO said completing new wells in the Kurdish north of Iraq should boost its overall production by about 10 percent. Photo by Maryam Rahmanian/UPI OSLO, Norway, Oct. Continue Reading
Oil storage facilities Iraq’s oil output in Kurdistan is set to increase when Norway’s DNO completes its plans to add four new wells in the Tawke field. The company has Continue Reading
Iraq Oil Minister Luaibi Oil minister Jabar al-Luaibi has called upon oil and natural gas companies operating in Iraq to increase their production for the rest of 2016 and 2017, Continue Reading
