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More Kurd troops into standoff with Iraq armyIraq's Kurdish region has sent reinforcements to a disputed area where its troops are involved in a standoff with the Iraqi army, a senior Kurdish military official said, despite calls on both sides for dialogue to calm the situation. More… |
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Kurdistan agrees to raise oil exports in 2013Iraqi Kurdistan has agreed to export 250,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) in 2013 if Baghdad pays operators in the autonomous region, the Kurdish regional government (KRG) said, a move to ease their dispute over control of the country's crud More… |
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Kurdistan may export oil products next yearIraqi Kurdistan will refine enough crude to satisfy local demand by next year, and may even begin exporting some products, Kurdistan's energy minister said on Monday. Energy exports from the autonomous region are a sensitive i More… |
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Qatar Airways to fly Erbil, BaghdadQatar Airways, the country's flag carrier airline, will launch flights to Iraqi ciites of Erbil and Baghdad in May and June respectively. The two cities will be served four times a week, said a report in Gulf News. 'We More… |
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Iraqi Kurds to resume oil exports in FebIraqi Kurdish authorities have agreed with their Iraqi counterparts in Baghdad to resume halted oil exports from their region "at the start of February," the office of the Kurdish prime minister said. A statement issued to Reuters by the o More… |
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Turkish jets bomb targets in north IraqTurkish warplanes on Saturday bombed sites in northern Iraq, wounding one civilian and damaging property, Iraqi officials said. A man was wounded in the remote village of Sidakan in Arbil province located near the borders with Turkey and I More… |
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Iraq Kurds ‘again likely to be kingmakers’Tensions between Iraq's Kurds and Arabs may one day lead to armed conflict but, after an election in March, Arab parties will be vying with each other to court Kurdish allies expected to emerge as powerful kingmakers. Brutally suppress More… |
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Al Futtaim to open Carrefour branch in IraqThe UAE company with the licence to operate the Carrefour SA franchise in the Middle East is looking to open its first store in Iraq as part of a wider expansion plan in the region. Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Retail manages a joint venture in More… |
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Rotana receives offers to manage Iraq hotelsRotana Hotel Management, a leading hospitality group, has received several offers to operate and manage hotels in a number of cities in Iraq, a top official has revealed. In an interview with CNBC Arabiya, Salim Al-Zeer, executive director More… |
