Tens of thousands of Iraqis thronged central Baghdad on Friday demanding the root-and-branch downfall of the political elite in the biggest day of mass anti-government demonstrations since the fall of Continue Reading
Thousands of protesters were blocking all roads leading to Iraq’s main Gulf port Umm Qasr on Saturday, after security forces used live rounds and tear gas on them overnight, security Continue Reading
Tens of thousands of Iraqis, with support from Shiite religious authorities and the country’s president, gathered in the center of the capital on Friday in the largest of a month’s Continue Reading
Iran has stepped in to prevent the ouster of Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel Abdul Mahdi by two of Iraq’s most influential figures amid weeks of anti-government demonstrations, sources close to Continue Reading
Oil workers in Iraq’s southern provinces are beginning to join anti-government demonstrations , a sign that the country’s volatile protest movement is starting to touch the oil sector. The demonstrations Continue Reading
Iraq’s most powerful politicians appeared to withhold support for Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday, as anti-government protests swelled into the biggest mass demonstrations the country has seen since Continue Reading
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)—Russia’s sovereign wealth fund—will not make a huge investment in the listing of Saudi Aramco, although some Russian funds believe that the Saudi oil giant Continue Reading
Iraq’s Oil Ministry has implemented a decision by the Cabinet to remove Ihsan Ismaael as acting director-general of the state-run Basra Oil Company (BOC), temporarily replacing him with Bassim Abdulkarim. Continue Reading
Iraqi security forces killed two people on Wednesday by shooting tear gas canisters directly into their heads in an attempt to stop protesters entering Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, security Continue Reading
Oil workers in Iraq’s southern provinces are beginning to join anti-government demonstrations , a sign that the country’s volatile protest movement is starting to touch the oil sector. The demonstrations Continue Reading
