U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesday’s rocket attack by Iran-backed militia in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member, Continue Reading
Iraq will suffer more than most Middle East oil producers amid a Saudi-led price war that is flooding the market with cheap crude as OPEC’s second largest producer is already Continue Reading
Iraq’s oil production rose 3% in February to 4.5 million b/d, the country’s oil marketer SOMO said Monday, confirming another month of output above its OPEC+ quota of 4.46 million Continue Reading
Iraq has closed five land borders with Iran, Iran’s Irna news agency reported. However, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced Sunday that this is a temporary closure Continue Reading
Iraq needs a positive impetus to leave behind the travails of 2019 – the widespread demonstrations, the geopolitical flare-up engendered by the assassination of Major General Soleimani in Baghdad, the Continue Reading
On the walls of Basra children’s cancer hospital hang photos of some of the youngsters who’ve been treated there. Most are smiling. Some of the portraits have a black stripe Continue Reading
The new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is posing a serious challenge to Iraq and its oil sector at a crucial moment of political transition. So far, senior health officials said, five Continue Reading
Iraq’s federal crude oil exports, which excludes the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, rose 3.3% in February from a month earlier on increased shipments from southern terminals in OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, Continue Reading
Iraq’s crude production and exports are unaffected by the COVID-19 outbreak, which has spread to OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, the spokesperson for the oil ministry told state-run Iraqi News Agency Continue Reading
Iraq shut schools and universities on Tuesday and told citizens to avoid mass gatherings, as it rushed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus from its neighbor Iran, hit by Continue Reading
