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Iraq’s economy is collapsing under the double blow of sinking oil prices and coronavirus lockdown - May 4, 2020	Oil Prices, Budget Dispute in Iraq Could Undermine Anti-IS Efforts - Apr 29, 2020	Iraq: Cabinet Calls on Finance Ministry to End KRG Payments - Apr 23, 2020
Coronavirus and a price war battered oil markets. But the real victims will be far from Wall Street - Mar 11, 2020	The Great 2020 Oil Plunge Completes Iraq’s Perfect Storm - Mar 9, 2020	Trump administration works on Iraq sanctions, but analysts warn of consequences - Jan 9, 2020
Iraqi parliament approves a resolution on expelling US troops after Soleimani killing - Jan 9, 2020	Mourners in Iraq chant threats to America after Soleimani’s death - Jan 9, 2020	A Shia Cleric’s Radical Vision for Iraq - May 14, 2018
Iraq’s oil sector ambitions in the Trump era - May 1, 2018	Why the Fight for Fishkhabour Is So Important for Iraqi Kurds - Nov 2, 2017	Kurds lose more than oil as they cede control of Kirkuk in Iraq - Oct 18, 2017
Tanker of Kurdish oil appears off coast of Canada - Jun 30, 2017	ISIS has found a new, deadly use for human shields in Mosul - Apr 4, 2017	In Mosul a propaganda battle also rages - Mar 27, 2017
Fact Check: No evidence Isis leader killed or captured - Jan 26, 2017	How Exxon, under Rex Tillerson, won Iraqi oil fields and nearly lost Iraq - Jan 9, 2017	How a Rex Tillerson oil deal nearly sparked an Iraqi-Kurdish war - Jan 6, 2017
Gates and Rice Quick to Back Longtime Client Tillerson for State - Dec 13, 2016	Exxon pulls out of three exploration blocks in Kurdistan: Iraq Oil Report - Dec 7, 2016	The Attack on Mosul: Three Shepherds on a Surreal Front - Oct 29, 2016
Journalism in Mosul right now is punishable by death - Oct 26, 2016	Europe should prepare for fresh wave of Isil jihadists fleeing Mosul as Iraqi army moves in, warns EU - Oct 18, 2016	Between ISIS and Airstrikes - Oct 17, 2016
The Coming Crisis in Mosul - Sep 26, 2016	Iraq Seeks More Oil Production Before OPEC Talks in Algeria - Aug 23, 2016	Kurdistan turns to the US and others to help fund the future of its crude oil - May 23, 2016
Bombings rock Iraqi capital amidst political crisis - May 11, 2016	Mosul, US influence and the Erbil-Baghdad oil deal - May 9, 2016	Risk and Reform: The outlook for oil and gas exporting countries - May 4, 2016
Is ISIL facing a cash crunch? - Apr 27, 2016	Why Oil Will Hover At $36: Iraq, Libya, Nigeria & Colombia - Apr 11, 2016	90,000 people are trapped in the ISIS-held city of Fallujah — and they’re running out of food - Apr 9, 2016
Once booming, the statelet is now in crisis - Feb 27, 2016	ANALYSIS: Debt crisis exposes flaws in Kurdistan’s economy - Feb 24, 2016	Isis and the war for oil - Jan 10, 2016
ISIS in 2016: smaller, darker, colder — and more desperate - Jan 2, 2016	Here’s the biggest sign ISIS will be weakened in 2016 - Dec 28, 2015	ISIS employs thousands of foreign workers to keep its oil flowing - Dec 28, 2015
Report: Price of gas quadruples for Islamic State after airstrikes - Dec 28, 2015	Iraq’s oil numbers don’t seem to add up - Dec 20, 2015	Russia accuses Turkish president of benefiting from oil trade with Islamic State - Dec 2, 2015
Airstrikes hurt, but don’t halt, IS oil smuggling operations - Nov 23, 2015	Airstrikes hurt, but unlikely to halt, IS oil smuggling operations in Syria and Iraq - Nov 20, 2015	Is Iraq too broke to fight ISIS? - Sep 5, 2015
Is Iraq too broke to fight the Islamic State group? - Sep 4, 2015	Iran deal: Arab world’s cautious reaction reflects deep fault lines - Jul 15, 2015	Blood and Oil: Displaced Yazidi Refugees Making a Dangerous Living in Northern Iraq - Jun 3, 2015
An Iraqi oil refinery that was too important to destroy has just been destroyed - May 29, 2015	Source: Islamic State Attacks Iraq’s Biggest Oil Refinery With Suicide Bombers and Car Bombs - May 3, 2015	What happens in Kirkuk could determine the future of Iraq - Apr 8, 2015
Baghdad Dials Back Expectations For A Timeline On Mosul Offensive - Mar 25, 2015	Lower Oil Prices Hurt Iraq’s Fight Against ISIS - Mar 13, 2015	Oil Deal Provides Much-Needed Revenue In Iraq - Dec 3, 2014
Iraq, Kurds Agree On Deal Over Oil Exports, Budget - Dec 2, 2014	Targeting ISIS’ Black-Market Oil Trade - Dec 1, 2014	Isis threatens future oil supplies, warns IEA - Nov 26, 2014
Islamic State Forces Capture Kurdish Town Near Syrian Border - Aug 6, 2014	Iraq is already splitting into three states - Jul 28, 2014	How guns and oil net ISIS $1 million a day - Jul 24, 2014
The Battle Over Iraq’s Oil, Ctd - Jul 11, 2014	ISIL has added a lucrative new business line in Iraq: oil smuggling - Jul 10, 2014	China Keeps a Close Eye on Oil Interests in Iraq - Jun 17, 2014
ISIS Militants in Iraq - Jun 16, 2014	Iraq Falls Apart - Jun 12, 2014	ISIS advances put Iraq oil rebound on hold - Jun 12, 2014
How big is Iraq’s oil industry now? - Jun 10, 2014	Oil majors cut staff in Iraq on fears violence will spread - Jun 7, 2014