Iraqi model contract is delayed, while the Syria pipeline is retendered and service companies start to return.
Letter to Obama week before inauguration congratulates, says Kurdistan Regional Government backs U.S. in Iraq, and “I seek your support, Mr. President, for our policies.”
Drilling Planned in Part-Kuwaiti Field as Iraqi Oil Minister Ploughs Ahead with Agenda
Shell south gas deal under pressure as political maneuvering increases in Iraq.
Claims arrest with no charge is political, taste of what’s to come in run-up to Parliament elections, and a threat to press freedom.
Visit by Turkey’s president to Baghdad, meeting with Talabani, leads to tough talk on – and response from – PKK.
Following Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s success in provincial elections in January, there’s a new air of autonomy from the U.S. occupation.
Oil prices sink, production slows, the economy recedes and Iraqi politics: the perfect storm for Iraq’s oil sector.
The U.S. has returned $13 million to Iraq – found "improperly" in American reconstruction budgets – results of an increased workload for the top U.S. auditor of Iraq rebuilding efforts, Ben Lando reports. There’s a long way to go still: the head of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction said Monday between 15 percent […]
Plus: *New budget approved after further cuts *New Report: More than Shiites and Sunnis *Iraq Teachers Union targeted by government *Video-Alive in Baghdad: US Withdrawing as Media Retreat from Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has lent his support to a new two-pronged oil-development strategy in an attempt to appease those who have challenged the […]
