Iraq said it exported 1.097 billion barrels of oil in 2015, generating $49.079 billion from sales, according to the oil ministry. It sold 99.7 million barrels of oil in December, Continue Reading
Violence has claimed the lives of 980 Iraqis in December, up from 888 the previous month, the United Nations said on Friday. The U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, known as Continue Reading
Falling oil prices caused a liquidity shortage at Iraq’s listed banks, reducing their overall profit before tax 44 percent to 74 billion dinars ($68 million) in the third quarter from Continue Reading
Photo Iraqi security forces patrolled in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar Province, on Tuesday. Credit Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, anxious to showcase a Continue Reading
Iraq aims to sell shares to the public in the $1.3 billion Grand Faw container port first proposed in 2011 before falling oil prices crimped the government’s ability to support Continue Reading
Volunteers to fight the Islamic State, from different Iraqi factions including Kurdish and Yazidis, train at a camping area near Kurdish security points on Bashiqa mountain, around 15km Northeast of Continue Reading
Breaking a seven-month occupation by the Islamic State, Iraqi troops on Monday retook most of Ramadi, the most populous city in western Iraq, overrunning a government compound held by the Continue Reading
It has become more expensive for the so-called Islamic State to operate its oil sectors in Iraq and Syria, and prices of fuel and commodities in key Iraqi territories are Continue Reading
Iraqi forces have recaptured the main government complex in Ramadi held by Islamic State since May, a day after the extremist group’s leader said in a rare audio address that Continue Reading
Iraqi troops have pushed deeper into the heart of the last remaining district held by Islamic State in the city of Ramadi, an army spokesman said on Saturday. Recapturing Ramadi, Continue Reading
