New oil pipeline to Turkey soon say KurdsIraqi Kurdistan will start a new oil pipeline to Turkey within months, its energy minister said, increasing the autonomous region's control over its resources in a dispute with Baghdad and raising its exports to world markets. More… |
30 killed in Iraq car bombingsAttacks across Iraq killed at least 30 people on Sunday, police and medics said, intensifying fears of a descent into all-out sectarian war. Ten years after the US-led inva More… |
No deal so far on Iraq, Kurdistan oil paymentsNo agreement has been reached between Iraq and Kurdistan on payments to oil companies working in the autonomous region despite a meeting this week between Baghdad and Kurdish leaders, Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said. More… |
Iraq mulls introduction of e-food vouchersTop Iraqi government officials will be today (June 12) meeting experts from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to discuss the potential introduction of electronic food vouchers in the Iraqi Public Distribution System (PDS). A two-d More… |
Bad weather cuts Iraq South oil exportsBad weather cut oil exports from Iraq's Basra ports to 864,000 barrels per day (bpd) on Saturday from 2.23 million bpd a day earlier, a shipping source said. "High winds in the Gulf are disrupting loading operations and p More… |
Iraq’s first 4G LTE network launchedAlcatel-Lucent and Regional Telecom, a communications service provider in Northern Iraq, have launched Iraq’s first 4G LTE network. The high-speed mobile broadband network will provide the region with a range of advance new More… |
Zain launches share sale of Iraqi unitKuwait telecom operator Zain will set up a holding company through which it will offer a quarter of its stake in its Iraqi unit to the public, it said on Tuesday. Zain Iraq More… |
Technip wins key services contract for Iraq refineryParis-based Technip, a world leader in the energy management industry, has won a contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase of the Karbala refinery in Iraq. More… |
Over 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in MayMore than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq in May, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07, the United Nations said on Saturday, as fears mounted of a return to civil wa More… |
Over 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in MayMore than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq in May, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07, the United Nations reported on Saturday, raising fears of a return to civil war. "That is More… |








