Iraq’s nationwide crude exports fell by more than 3 percent to an average 3.874 million barrels per day (bpd) in December. * The decreased oil sales appeared to reflect Iraq’s Continue Reading
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syria’s northwest Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces. Continue Reading
Researchers in Israel have designed a separate-cell photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting system with decoupled hydrogen and oxygen cells for centralized hydrogen production. A paper describing their system is published in the Continue Reading
Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened Continue Reading
Two of Iraq’s four deputy oil ministers, the chief of oil contracts, and nearly a dozen senior Oil Ministry officials are included in the first tranche of officials forced out Continue Reading
Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and Continue Reading
The United States is immediately deploying about 750 soldiers to the Middle East in response to the violent protests at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Continue Reading
President Trump toughened his rhetoric toward Iran on Tuesday, saying the country would “ be held fully responsible ” for the attack by Iraqi demonstrators on the United States Embassy Continue Reading
Months of anti-government protests had centered on Iran’s influence in the country. A rocket attack and a series of airstrikes changed that. For months, furious protests have battered Iraq, driven Continue Reading
The storming of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad by protesters on Tuesday has underscored the vulnerability of U.S. diplomats in a country stuck in the middle of a mounting conflict Continue Reading
