Kurdish fighters walk carrying their weapons towards Tel Abyad of Raqqa governorate after they said they took control of the area June 15, 2015. A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian Kurds Continue Reading
Iraq is in talks to form an oil-marketing joint venture with China’s largest refiner, Sinopec, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Middle East producer prepares for rising Continue Reading
Iraq’s armed forces stormed the center of Ramadi on Tuesday, a spokesman for the counter-terrorism units said, in a drive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in Continue Reading
Islamic State mounted a major offensive Wednesday, striking multiple sites in northern Iraq, but Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by U.S. and coalition air support were able to rout the group Continue Reading
Iraq’s Parliament ratified the 2016 budget Tuesday, outlining a level of state spending that many legislators characterized as unrealistic given the country’s financial crisis.”The figures in the budget are not Continue Reading
Another Saudi consolate is expected to open in Erbil, according to reports. (Zawya) Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in Iraq, a quarter of a century after Riyadh broke off Continue Reading
Iraq’s Parliament ratified the 2016 budget Tuesday, outlining a level of state spending that many legislators characterized as unrealistic given the country’s financial crisis.”The figures in the budget are not Continue Reading
The main border crossing between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdistan region remains closed for a second day, as Turkey ramps up a military offensive apparently aimed at Kurdish militants in Continue Reading
Oil pump jacks are seen next to a strawberry field in Oxnard, California February 24, 2015. Sellers of a new grade of Iraqi oil are competing fiercely to win market Continue Reading
A wave of 15 suicide car bomb attacks by the Islamic State group (IS) against Iraqi security forces was repelled east of the flashpoint city of Ramadi Tuesday with limited Continue Reading
