It's back to business as usual in Iraq's biggest oil fields after Iraqi oil and security officials quickly moved to improve security and reassure foreign oil firms.
Success, but more tests, in Basra unrest turnaround
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Ministry restricts oil company security
Amidst growing government hostility towards foreign security companies, the Oil Ministry has ordered oil field subcontractors to get protection from the Oil Police rather than private firms.
Q&A: Lt. Gen. Saad Ali Aati al-Harbiya, former head of Kirkuk’s Joint Operations Command
Harbiya, who was moved to the Joint Operations Command in Baghdad last week, discusses the fight against insurgents, improving coordination among rival security services, and winning the trust of locals.
Q&A: Jawad Bolani, member of the Parliament Security and Defense Committee
Iraq's former interior minister discusses the structure of the country's military and top security issues facing the new government.
Despite Basra security surge, violence continues
Reinforcements from outside Basra are working to tamp down tribal fighting, including near oil fields, but some militias have chafed at the influx of forces.
Insurgency continues targeting energy infrastructure
IS militants are exploiting major security gaps in northern Iraq to blow up electricity towers and target security forces.
Latest energy sector attacks underscore need to fast-track security coordination
Gaps remain between Iraqi and Kurdistan region security forces in northern Iraq, and insurgents are still able to carry out attacks against energy infrastructure, kidnap and kill civilians, and ambush security forces.
Q&A: PUK Co-President Lahur Talabany
The co-leader of Kurdistan's second-largest party discusses politicized oil policies, factionalized leadership, security risks, and Iraq's national budget.
Anbar in crisis amidst withering al-Qaida offensive
Exploiting the porous borders and vast desert of Iraq's biggest province, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is waging an ambitious battle for control of Anbar.
Tribal conflicts escalate in Iraq’s oil heartland
Local authorities are preoccupied with the pandemic and hampered by tangled power structures, prompting the prime minister to pursue a new security strategy.
Grounded jets and political spats as the Islamic State regroups
The Islamic State group capitalized on deteriorating U.S.-Iraqi relations as a pandemic further distracted the unfinished fight against it.
Major attack strikes Erbil security forces
Militants launched a sophisticated assault on the military intelligence headquarters in the heart of Kurdistan's capital, killing at least six people.
Power station bombed as insurgents exploit northern Iraq security gaps
Security leaders in Baghdad and Erbil have failed to implement plans to set up joint coordination centers.
The Baiji refinery and the surge
In an excerpt from his new book, “Iraq and the Politics of Oil,” former U.S. oil official Gary Vogler narrates the high-stakes struggles over Iraq’s largest refinery.
Northern Iraq reeling as IS regroups for insurgency
The government cannot control large swaths of territory, as Islamic State insurgents solidify footholds and launch attacks targeting security forces and energy infrastructure.
Baghdad seeks to assuage IOC security worries
Iraq's interior minister toured southern Iraq to promote a security plan and allay concerns over recent violence and the government's increasing dependence on militias.
Kirkuk oil smuggling rings thrive amidst corruption
Security forces have disrupted several operations stealing thousands of barrels of oil per day, but perpetrators with powerful connections defy justice and the smuggling continues.
Bombers intercepted near Basra oil fields
After encountering heightened security on the outskirts of Basra, near the Rumaila oil field, two suicide attackers blew up their car bombs.
Baghdad-Erbil security cooperation raises hope for counter-insurgency fight
After two years of talks, federal and KRG security forces have opened joint coordination centers that could help close security gaps exploited by insurgents.
Q&A: Zardasht Shangali, commander of the YBS (Sinjar Resistance Units)
After deadly clashes with the Iraqi Army, the YBS leader discusses improved security coordination, a strategically important Syrian border crossing, and the future of Sinjar.
Q&A: Brig. Gen. Ali Hussein Hilal al-Mayahi, director of South Oil Police
As protests re-gain momentum at key oil sites in Basra, Mayahi details the network of government forces providing security and the challenges they face.
Smuggling bust unravels into scandal of murder and political intrigue
An oil smuggling ring was stealing thousands of barrels per day from a pipeline in Basra. The true contours of the conspiracy remain a mystery.
Oil capital Basra scrambles for security
A week after Basra and a dozen other cities were struck by coordinated bombings and shootings, life stalls.
Major IS counter-attacks foreshadow new insurgency
Even as they lose ground around Mosul, IS militants showed their capacity for guerilla warfare, deploying 100-man squads to exploit security gaps in Kirkuk and Anbar.