Iraq
December 26, 2012
An Iraqi Kurdish official said on Tuesday that the country’s self-ruled northern Kurdish region has suspended oil exports over a payment row with Baghdad, a development that could add to already souring relations between the Kurds and the Arab-led central government.
December 23, 2012
The key determinant for oil prices in 2013 will Iraq and Syria, analysts suggest.
Following the arrest of nine guards belong to the finance minister, Iraqis take to the streets to demand that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stands down.
For his new exhibition, Emeric Lhuisset traveled to a secret training camp on the Iraq-Iran border.
Iraqi crude production will exceed 3.2 million barrels a day in December, Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem al-Luaibi said in Cairo.
December 20, 2012
Iraq and Jordan are set to discuss increased the establishment of a new oil and gas lines between the two countries.
December 19, 2012
The World Bank has pledged $900 million to Iraq to improve employment in the country.
The semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, uses its forces to fire on a helicopter from Baghdad.
December 18, 2012
According to the president's office on Tuesday, Jalal Talabani, has been taken to hospital in Baghdad due to a "health emergency".
December 17, 2012
A former British army medic is found guilty of acting dishonestly and failing to protect Iraqi detainees in his care.
Car bombings in Iraq leave at least 20 killed and many dozens injured as security continues to deteriorate.
Oil trader Vitol has apologised to the Iraqi government for buying Kurdish oil, via Turkey, without Baghdad's permission as capital and temi-autonomous region battle over oil and gas rights in the northern province.
December 13, 2012
The Egyptian funnyman gets serious about the Kurdish issue and receives a generous package in return!
Bombings and shootings continue across Iraq on Wednesday, killing members of the security forces and an academic at one university.
December 10, 2012
Jabhat al-Nusra, the Jihadist group with the shady Iraqi origins, could be the undoing of the Syrian rebels fighting against President Bashar al-Assad.