After political mediation, a local leader in Chemchemal has eased off threats to cut the KRG's main gas pipeline, but tensions remain high.
A political leader in Chemchemal has partially excavated the pipeline transporting the majority of Kurdistan's power plant feedstock.
The KRG's deepening economic crisis is again sparking public unrest and threatening to further aggravate internal political divisions.
A bloody siege on a mall in Baghdad, suicide bombs in Diyala and a string of bombs behind the line of Kurdistan's southern border could signal a resurgence of asymmetric warfare.
A dispute with a Kurdish sub-contractor ignites into violence, as attackers smash vehicles and work stops at the nearly completed, 300 megawatt Khabat power plant.
Gangs, tribal violence, and militia activity pose security risks at southern oil fields, but provinces and police are digging in.
Commercial traffic to and from Iraq’s main border crossing with Turkey has restarted, after nearly a month of disruptions affected fuel and power supplies in Kurdistan.
Before he escaped the self-proclaimed Islamic State, Jassim Mohammed witnessed the group's brutal rule, plunder, and commerce.
It once made over $1 million per day in Iraq alone, but now the IS oil sector, which lured hundreds of foreign workers, is struggling to meet its internal demand.
The Ibrahim Khalil crossing, an artery of KRG commerce, is closed for a second day as Turkey goes on the offensive in Kurdish areas of the country’s southeast.
