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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.

February 12th, 2015 - 04:58 GMT

Iraq: Peshmerga kills 28 Daesh militants in Erbil

January 30th, 2015 - 10:18 GMT

First it was the US and shale, but now, Saudi Arabia's toughest oil contender is emerging right next door

December 23rd, 2014 - 12:59 GMT

Suicide or face rape: The harrowing stories of Yazidi sex slaves

December 11th, 2014 - 04:55 GMT

Alhamdullilah! Iraq's economy shrinks less than expected

December 6th, 2014 - 09:36 GMT

Official: Peshmerga forces defused 3,000 ISIL bombs

November 23rd, 2014 - 07:48 GMT

Modern exodus: How ISIL is erasing Christians in the Middle East

October 15th, 2014 - 04:06 GMT

Targeted airstrikes allow Kurds to gain ground in Kobani

September 11th, 2014 - 06:48 GMT

U.S. authorises $25m in military aid to help Iraq fight IS

But oil output from Iraqi Kurdistan, with the largest producing fields like Taq Taq miles away from the fighting, has largely been preserved and in some cases even increased.

September 3rd, 2014 - 07:40 GMT

8 million barells and beyond: Kurdistan speaks up on the extent of its independent oil ambitions

August 29th, 2014 - 06:57 GMT

Disputed Kurdish oil tanker disappears off Texas coast

August 26th, 2014 - 11:58 GMT

Iran supplying weapons to Iraq's Kurds

Baghdad has tried to block the KRG from exporting oil on its own, citing a constitutional clause making the central government responsible for oil shipments and revenues.

August 24th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT