As anti-government demonstrations alter Iraq’s political landscape, the KRG has been forced to temper its ambitions to negotiate a durable financial relationship with Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi Continue Reading
In mid-October, with unrest swirling in Baghdad, a familiar visitor slipped quietly into the Iraqi capital. The city had been under siege for weeks, as protesters marched in the streets, Continue Reading
Fresh clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters broke out in Baghdad on Friday killing one person, despite a call for calm by the country’s top Shi’ite cleric, as Continue Reading
Operations resumed at a port and an oil refinery in southern Iraq on Thursday after protesters left both areas, port officials, security and oil sources said. They did not immediately Continue Reading
Iraqi security forces shot dead at least six anti-government protesters in Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said, as weeks of deadly unrest showed no signs of abating. Another Continue Reading
Iraq’s massive protest movement is having its first direct effects on the country’s oil output, as production is now curtailed at the Qayarah field. Two officials in the state-run North Continue Reading
Security forces killed at least two people when they opened fire on protesters in southern Iraq late on Monday night, police and medical sources said, as thousands continued to take Continue Reading
Oil sales by the federal government continue to drop, while exports from the Kurdistan region remain steady. Tugboats position a single point mooring (SPM) buoy in the Basra Gulf in Continue Reading
Security forces killed a protester and wounded 91 others in Baghdad on Saturday, security and medical sources said, as tens of thousands of Iraqis gathered in mass anti-government protests in Continue Reading
Iraqi security forces opened fire on a crowd of protesters trying to break into the Iranian consulate in the Shi’ite Muslim holy city of Kerbala overnight, killing three, security and Continue Reading
