By Timour Azhari and Khalid Al-Mousily MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – It was the simple night-time act of watering flowers on his street in Mosul’s Old City that made Saqr Zakaria stop and think about just how safe this last bastion of Islamic State militants had become since it was liberated in 2017. “I thought for […]
icon Semafor Signals Supported by Microsoft logo Insights from S&P Global, TRT World, Emirates Policy Center Arrow Down Title icon The News Five Chinese companies won bids to explore Iraq’s immense oil and gas fields, Iraq’s oil ministry said Saturday, while not a single US firm got a contract. It is the latest sign of […]
(Bloomberg) — Oil edged lower as traders looked ahead to an OPEC+ meeting on supply policy, with Iraq giving out mixed messages about its stance. Most Read from Bloomberg Global benchmark Brent fell toward $82 a barrel after losing 1.3% on Friday, while West Texas Intermediate was below $78. Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani […]
The reservoir behind the massive Darbandikhan dam, tucked between the rolling mountains of northeastern Iraq, is almost full again after four successive years of drought and severe water shortages. Iraqi officials say recent rainfall has refilled some of the water-scarce country’s main reservoirs, taking levels to a record since 2019. “The dam’s storage capacity is […]
STORY: This is Iraq’s historic marshlands. The marshes are thought to be the inspiration for the biblical Garden of Eden, and were named a UNESCO world heritage site in 2016. Marsh Arabs have called the area home for millennia and water is essential to their way of life. They rely on it to fish and […]
By Timour Azhari BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah announced on Tuesday the suspension of all its military operations against U.S. troops in the region, in a decision aimed at preventing “embarrassment” of the Iraqi government, the group said. “As we announce the suspension of military and security operations against the occupation forces […]
Iraq’s prime minister has given multiple interviews in recent days declaring that his country is no longer interested in hosting 2,500 troops deployed there in support of the mission to defeat ISIS. But that public rhetoric has not translated to any formal requests either to the Pentagon or White House, according to U.S. officials. Prime […]