The U.S. government appears to be second-guessing its own strategic push to broaden economic and commercial ties with Iraq. In response to unabated rocket attacks and roadside bombs against U.S. Continue Reading
Iraq’s federal oil exports remained nearly steady in September compared with August, the oil ministry said Oct.1, signaling OPEC’s second-largest producer may have failed again to implement compensation cuts to Continue Reading
Crude loadings from the Turkish port of Ceyhan by both the federal and Kurdistan regional governments increased over the past month, raising Iraq to a monthly nationwide export average of Continue Reading
Cabinet considers new borrowing legislation to fund massive deficits after political headwinds stopped attempts to pass a full 2020 budget. Iraqi Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister (second from right) Continue Reading
Washington has made preparations to withdraw diplomats from Iraq after warning Baghdad it could shut its embassy, two Iraqi officials and two Western diplomats said, a step Iraqis fear could Continue Reading
It can safely be surmised that whatever the new Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, told U.S. government officials during his visit last month to Washington went down like a lead Continue Reading
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Tueller, told Iraq’s foreign minister, Fuad Hussein, the policy decision had been directed by President Trump and that the two countries had entered a Continue Reading
Iraq’s Oil Ministry is attempting to displace some of the financial burden associated with its OPEC-related production cuts onto international oil companies (IOCs). The ministry’s move to scale down its Continue Reading
When Mustafa al-Kadhimi took office, the U.S. granted Iraq a relatively long 120-day Iran sanctions waiver. That diplomatic honeymoon could be ending. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and his delegation Continue Reading
Iraq, the world’s second-worst gas flarer, could generate over 3.5 GW of power by capturing 40% of associated gas that is currently burned, a GE executive said Sept. 20. “In Continue Reading
