Iraq is assessing the rehabilitation needs of the ancient city of Hatra, near Mosul in the country’s north, after retaking it from the Islamic State (IS) on April 26. The jihadist group had occupied the site since 2014 and in March 2015 bulldozed some of the ruins, which date back to the second century and include ancient architecture and other priceless antiquities. At one
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Reaching 5 million barrels a day of capacity ‘not unrealistic’ Iraq may want to press OPEC for leeway if cuts are extended Iraq’s ambition to boost oil-output capacity to a record 5 million barrels a day is “not unrealistic” as the country prepares for the end of OPEC-mandated supply limits, consultants Wood Mackenzie Ltd. said. Iraq, which has been rehabilitating its oil
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UNICEF Representative in Iraq Peter Hawkins recently visited schools in Anbar province. As tens of thousands of families return to Anbar, UNICEF is rehabilitating 100 schools and in August launched a ‘Back to School’ campaign to reach about 70,000 girls, boys and families to encourage enrollment. I visited Anbar earlier this year shortly after military operations had
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Tankers loaded 122 million barrels of Iraqi crude at ports in the Arabian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea last month DUBAI: Oil tankers shipped the most crude from Iraq in six months in May, when OPEC’s second-biggest producer was negotiating with the group’s other members to persist with supply constraints to shore up the global market. Tankers loaded 122 million barrels of Ira
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By Matthew Lee | AP WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is discouraging Iraqi Kurdistan’s planned independence referendum set for later this year. It says the vote will be a distraction from more urgent priorities, including the fight against the Islamic State group. The State Department said Thursday that the U.S. understands and appreciates the “legitimate aspirations”
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