Iraq’s Reserves Rush Hundreds of potential investors, some of the biggest oil firms in the world, flock to Dubai for access to the reserves. I was there to watch the party: The question is simple on the third and final day of a major Iraqi energy conference where hundreds of hungry oil men and women […]
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Iraq oil: between the centre and the region
MEES: sorting the real issues between Baghdad and Erbil.
The Kuwaiti tab
Post-Saddam, Iraq’s war with Kuwait is far from over.
Laid to rest
U.S. official tasked with advising Iraq Electricity Ministry, killed in Fallujah IED, returns to family in Chicago.
Iraqi oil politics
Disputes over how oil sector should be managed, controlled will culminate in Parliament questioning of oil minister.
Oil law progress?
MP says law coming through pipeline soon, would be required to sign oil deals.
Shelling out Iraq’s gas
Controversial pact between Iraq and Shell moving along, with Parliament requesting involvement.
Lingering in the pipeline
Oil exports from northern fields doesn’t mean a deal on KRG oil contracts, even those exporting now, and a compromise is made more complex by gas deal.
Kurds from Syria eye KRG
Syria's persecuted Kurdish minority see Iraq's Kurdistan region as safe haven.
Baghdadis resigned to sporadic violence
They say it will continue to plague the city for some time, but won’t stop them getting on with their lives.
Maliki makes waves with gov’t change
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's call for majority rule provokes strong reactions.
Load ’em up: fields in Iraqi Kurdistan begin
While oil flows, questions over compensation and disputes between KRG and Baghdad remain.
Iraq: living in hiding
Lawlessness and sectarian violence quickly engulfed Iraq after the fall of Saddam, leaving women vulnerable.
E-trading arrives in Iraq
Popular Baghdad market goes online.
Follow the money
Who gets the money as Iraqi Kurdistan starts crude exports?
Heads in the sand
The fragility of Sunni incorporation into Iraqi governance could have been headed off earlier in the war.
American electricity adviser killed
Right hand to Electricity Minister, others, hit by roadside bomb in Fallujah.
Ethnic politics in Ninawa
Arab domination rejected by Kurds in Makhmour.
Tall order for new assembly speaker
He inherits fractious parliament, whose divisions have been exacerbated by his appointment.
Najaf’s displaced struggle to survive
In holy city, Iraqis require basic services after violence forces them from home.
Basra’s battered culture re-emerges
Iraq’s artistic centre tries to recover from militia rule.
Iraq oil exports increase in April
New ministry data show exports increase, catching upswing of oil price.
Border conflicts test Kurdish tightrope act
American support seen as crucial to helping Iraqi Kurds resolve rebel conflicts with Turkey and Iran.
New violations at the Interior Ministry
Police implicated in gold robbery and killing, renewing fears state agency is involved in crimes.