and the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria has increasingly pushed Tehran to lean on its proxies in Iraq and Yemen. More than 100 attacks on commercial shipping vessels have been ...

IRU has informed the ECE secretariat that, as of 1 April 2025, the TIR system will become active for Iraq. With this latest addition, the number of TIR operational countries will be brought to 66. The ...

In response to Kallas' statement, Georgian officials dismissed her remarks as unfounded. Kakha Kaladze, the Secretary General of the Georgian Dream party and Tbilisi Mayor, labeled the EU High ...

Our digital transformation strategy sets out how we will deliver this. Erbil-Baghdad Relations This government marks a new era for the Kurdistan region and that means renewing our relationship with ...

Blinken meets Iraqi PM in Baghdad to discuss ISIL, Syria US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced stop in Baghdad to discuss Syria and ISIL with the Iraqi PM.

Iraq is looking to buy cargoes of liquefied natural gas for the first time as it faces uncertainty over supply from Iran, raising the prospect of electricity shortages. The country is in broad ...

Iraq's exemption for importing gas and electricity from Iran was lifted on March 8, 2024. This prompted the Chairman of the Economic Committee of the Iraqi Parliament to meet with the U.S. Charge ...

For years, this strategy proved successful. Slowly but surely, Tehran’s “axis of resistance” gained influence in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria, where it railed against Israel and the United States. In ...

Representatives from the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) member companies met with officials from the Government of Iraq (GoI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s oil ministry on Monday signed a landmark deal with British energy giant ...

"Waltz welcomed the Iraqi Prime Minister’s efforts to achieve energy independence for Iraq, and encouraged the Iraqi government to welcome more western and U.S. energy companies into Iraq’s ...

(Beirut) – After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq’s Personal Status Law that entered into force on February 17, 2025, violates women’s and girls’ rights to ...