Bloomberg | Iraq Is Giving OPEC a Headache Bloomberg The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, due to meet next week in Vienna, is already grappling with volatile production in Nigeria and Libya, and Iraq adds another layer of unpredictability. For policy makers, the short-term disruption risks ... |
Task & Purpose | ISIS Just Lost Its Last Town In Iraq. Here's How To Stop The Next Terror Group From Taking Its Place Task & Purpose With Mosul and other key cities now liberated from the horrible scourge of ISIS, Iraq stands at a crucial crossroads. Iraqis and Americans have squandered historic opportunities to build a new, stable and prosperous country together before. We must not ... America has no idea how many innocent people it's killing in the Middle East |
Washington Post | Women's rights are under threat in Iraq Washington Post Earlier this month, Iraq's parliament received amendments to its constitution that — if approved — will fundamentally change Iraqi women's legal rights. The amendments include sectarian religious laws — breaking with the current law based on Sunni ... |
Newsweek | Saudi Arabia Gathers Allies Against Iran 'Terror,' but Lebanon, Iraq and Syria Don't Show Newsweek Led by an increasingly militant Saudi Arabia, most of the Arab League condemned actions taken in the region by Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, but the three countries most affected by the war against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) did ... |
Reuters | Iraq's southern oil exports rise to near record in November Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Oil exports from southern Iraq have risen by 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) this month to close to a record high, according to shipping data and an industry source, as OPEC's second-largest producer seeks to offset a shortfall from ... |
BBC News | Iraq Supreme Court rules Kurdish referendum unconstitutional BBC News The Iraqi Supreme Court has ruled that a referendum on Kurdish independence was unconstitutional. The ruling comes nearly two months after the vote, in which 92% of Iraqi Kurds supported secession. Following the ballot, Iraq's government seized ... South Iraq Oil Exports Close To Record High To Offset Kirkuk Drop Iraq's Top Court Rules Kurdish Referendum Unconstitutional Iraq's top court declares Kurd referendum unconstitutional |
Reliefweb | Iraq: Humanitarian Dashboard (September 2017) Reliefweb In September, humanitarian partners provided life-saving assistance to civilians afected by military operations in Hawiga and western Anbar, and to people in newly-accessible areas of Telafar and Mosul. Humanitarian partners reached up to 6.3 million ... |
Daily Mail | Hezbollah says ready to pull forces from Iraq after IS defeat Daily Mail Once that official declaration came, Hezbollah would reassess its presence in Iraq and may pull its members out. "If we find that it's over, that there is no need for the presence of these brothers, they will return to be deployed in any other arena ... Nasrallah announces Hezbollah forces ready to leave Iraq after ISIS defeat – full video 'Mission accomplished': Hezbollah ready to withdraw from Iraq Hezbollah says ready to withdraw from Iraq after IS defeat |
Wall Street Journal (blog) | What Iraq's Retaking of Rawa Means for ISIS - Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal (blog) The Iraqi army and U.S. military retook Rawa, Iraq last week, marking the end of ISIS as a force that could take and hold territory in Iraq and Syria. WSJ's Gerald ... Corruption, the second major challenge for Iraq - Al Arabiya English |
Wall Street Journal | Kurds, Warning of Hostilities in Iraq, Appeal for a US Envoy Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Iraqi Kurdish government has asked the U.S. to appoint a special envoy to mediate a deepening and potentially dangerous dispute between the central government in Baghdad and the semiautonomous Kurdish region, a top Kurdish ... |