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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.

"Areas liberated by the Peshmerga forces are no longer disputed and we will not hand them over to any party". (File/AFP)

March 28th, 2017 - 04:04 GMT

Kurdish factions assert their claim over areas liberated from Daesh

Young Kurdish contestants for the new "Kurd Idol" show. (Facebook)

February 18th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

‘Kurd Idol’ brings welcome fun and music to Iraqi Kurdistan for a change

The latest ruling follows a July 2015 court decision asserting Dana’s long-term contractual rights, lasting at least 25 years, to develop and produce gas and petroleum from the Khor Mor and Chemchamal fields. (Oil Guru)

February 16th, 2017 - 05:26 GMT

Dana Gas wins $121M in latest international arbitration case against KRG

Iraq's Kurds have viewed themselves as staunch and indispensable US allies since 1991, when the Americans created a no-fly zone which provided the conditions for a semi-autonomous Kurdish region to evolve in northern Iraq. (AFP/File)

January 30th, 2017 - 03:10 GMT

Trump and the Kurds: An uneasy relationship marred by betrayal

The view from a Peshmerga base north of Mosul (Al Bawaba/Adam Lucente)

October 25th, 2016 - 08:53 GMT

Are livestreams of the Mosul battle helping Daesh?

Baghdad, Iraq (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

October 24th, 2016 - 08:42 GMT

Kurds won’t abide by Iraq’s alcohol ban

Sherzad Mamsani, the representative of Kurdish Jews in the Kurdistan Regional Government (AFP/File)

October 11th, 2016 - 09:41 GMT

Kirkuk’s Jewish homes still standing

Iraqi government forces celebrate in the town of Sharqat, around 50 miles south of the city of Mosul, on September 23, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

October 7th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Iraqi parliament: Presence of Turkish forces amounts to ‘invasion’

Kirkuk, Iraq's security has improved dramatically, but the KRG-controlled city is also claimed by the Baghdad government (Al Bawaba/Adam Lucente)

October 5th, 2016 - 01:09 GMT

Peshmerga commander near Kirkuk criticizes Shia militias, will they fight?

A Turkish army tank in the border city of Karkamis drives towards Syria. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

August 25th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Turkish tanks continue rolling into Syria

Peshmerga fighters wash the feet of a displaced Iraqi child from the northern village of Hawija as families rest under the protection of Peshmerga forces after fleeing from Daesh on August 17, 2016. (AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)

August 18th, 2016 - 09:30 GMT

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces accused of violations after ousting Daesh from Anbar cities

Operation Tidal Wave II has focused specifically on supply lines tied to the illicit movement of oil said to be financing regional terrorism operations. (Twitter/KR Security Council)

August 13th, 2016 - 11:05 GMT

Senior Daesh oil commander killed by Kurdish, US forces