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Iraq exported about 625 million barrels of oil during the first half of the year, compared with 592 million barrels over the same period in 2017. (Shutterstock)

July 25th, 2018 - 11:25 GMT

Iraqi Oil Exports Increase Despite the Unsettled Situation in Basra

Iraqi oil exports for June, the last full month for which data are available, were slightly higher than the month before on average, the government reported.

Iraqi people were recently rewarded by a law to establish their National Oil Company. (Shutterstock)

April 10th, 2018 - 10:13 GMT

Opinion: Why Iraq’s Proposed National Oil Company Is a Hoax

"Iraq, a country others used to look up to, is in shamble" (AFP/File)

October 30th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Opinion: 'Iraq, a Country People Used to Look up to, is in Shambles'

If the Kurds themselves are divided on their relationship with Baghdad and on an independent state, the referendum cannot be expected to have any effect (AFP/File)

October 22nd, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Opinion: Kurdish Forces Are Taking on More Than They Can Chew

84,000 civilians fled to Erbil, 78,372 to Sulaimani and 6,000 to Duhok and Zakho from Rabea and Zummar (AFP/File)

October 22nd, 2017 - 06:56 GMT

Kurds Face Humanitarian Crisis with 170,000 Displaced

Peshmerga fighters gathering at the Altun Kubri checkpoint, 40kms from Kirkuk, on October 20, 2017 (Marc-Antoine Pelaez/AFP)

October 21st, 2017 - 06:14 GMT

US Urges Iraq, Kurds to ‘Cease All Violence’ Amid Army Advance

ISIS fighters have released a new propaganda photo featuring the bullet-ridden faces of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on shooting targets

October 14th, 2017 - 10:30 GMT

Trump and Putin Appear Bullet-holed in New ISIS Propaganda Video

An SDF fighter looks out from a ruined building in Raqqa, AFP

October 4th, 2017 - 07:11 GMT

A Tale of Two Kurdistans: The Nation that Never Was

The upcoming referendum on Kurdish independence has the potential to roil both geopolitical alliances and oil markets. (AFP/ File)

September 21st, 2017 - 12:13 GMT

Opinion: Will an Independent Kurdistan Cause a Rift in Oil Markets?

Iraqi Kurds campaign for the independence referendum (AFP/File Photo)

September 19th, 2017 - 08:14 GMT

U.S. Unexpectedly Allied with Iran Against Kurdish Referendum

Iraqi Kurds. (AFP)

August 17th, 2017 - 12:55 GMT

Turkey Asks Kurdistan to Be ‘Wise’ and Not Go Ahead With Independence Referendum

The Iraqi Kurdistan Region will hold its contentious independence referendum on September 25 despite misgivings by the United States (AFP)

August 12th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Defying US, Baghdad, Iraqi Kurds to Hold September Referendum as Planned

Displaced Iraqis who fled Mosul's Old City receive food as they arrive in the Al-Tayaran neighbourhood on April 8, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

April 9th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Escape from Mosul: Dozens of Iraqis killed by Daesh trying to flee the city