Kurds Ready For New Oil Deal With Baghdad If They Get $1B A Month
Iraq’s Kurds are ready to strike an agreement with the central government in Baghdad on a deal to increase oil exports, if it guarantees them a monthly revenue of $1 Continue Reading
IS oil smugglers continue stealing from Alas field
The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) organization is taking advantage of security gaps in Salahaddin province to plunder the Alas oil field, despite a concerted campaign to dismantle the group’s improvised Continue Reading
Kurds ready for new oil deal with Baghdad if they get $1 billion a month
Iraq’s Kurds are ready to strike an agreement with the central government in Baghdad on a deal to increase oil exports, if it guarantees them a monthly revenue of $1 Continue Reading
Iraqi Army regains momentum towards Mosul
The Iraqi Army, with heavy support from a newly concerted wave of coalition airstrikes, retook tactically important territory in Ninewa province from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group Tuesday – Continue Reading
Sarqala oil field staff face attacks, intimidation
Oil workers at the Sarqala field operated by Russia’s Gazprom Neft have been targeted with explosives twice in the past week – the latest incidents in a campaign of intimidation Continue Reading
IMF program pushes Iraq to pay oil companies
Iraq’s recent agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is giving oil companies a boost in their quest to secure timely payments from the government.The IMF’s standby agreement, announced in Continue Reading
At Least 24 Dead in Islamic State Bombings in Baghdad
Under an onslaught of bombs and enemy ground offensives aimed at its strongholds in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State hit out again with attacks in crowded public areas of Baghdad Continue Reading
Russian company brings more oil online in Iraq
Production from three new wells brought online at the Badra oil field add to the total daily output from OPEC-member Iraq, a Russian field operator said. Russian energy company Gazprom Continue Reading
Failing to Reform in Iraq
Analysis Iraq is no stranger to political instability or to general insecurity. But two developments bode particularly ill for the country: threats to the administration of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Continue Reading
Islamic State Militants Fire on Civilians Fleeing Fallujah
Abdul Rahman Ismail, an Iraqi soldier who has been targeted by Islamic State militants who… Islamic State gunmen have fired on civilians fleeing Fallujah, Iraqi officials said Monday, as fighting Continue Reading