Iraq’s Oil Ministry said the agreement Germany’s RWE public utility signed with the Kurdistan Regional Government to supply gas for the Nabucco pipeline project is illegal.
The export of oil from northern Iraq's contested enclave of Kirkuk is to resume under a deal struck between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Iraq's Ministry of Oil announced. With Baghdad's Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline disabled during fighting with ISIS, the so-called KRG pipeline is currently the only method of delivering Kirkuk oil to foreign markets other than through Iran. That route has now also been cut off by the resumption of US sanctions against the Islamic Republic. But Baghdad and the KRG have long been at odds over terms, and the situation was worsened with the central government's seizure last year of Kirkuk and its oil-fields, which had been in Kurdish hands since the KRG routed ISIS from the enclave in 2014. US National Security Advisor John Bolton welcomed the agreement between Baghdad and the KRG as a "promising first step to return to 2017 levels." The KRG pipeline is jointly owned by the Erbil-based KRG, BP and Russia's Rosneft. (Photo via Iraqi News Agency)
Bradley Manning, a 22-year-old intelligence analyst stationed in Iraq, stands accused of disclosing a classified video published by WikiLeaks that depicts US troops shooting civilians.
The US Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade crossed into Kuwait—supposedly the last “combat brigade” to leave Iraq. But private contractors will be boosting their presence in Iraq by nearly double.
Obama said the US can safely meet a deadline for removing combat troops from Iraq by year’s end—despite the fact that the country has still failed to form a new government.
A group of 72 Iraqis who allege they were tortured while imprisoned at detention facilities can continue with their lawsuit against military contractor L-3 Services, Inc., a judge ruled.
Police have raided electrical workers unions across Iraq, carrying out a Ministry of Electricity order that prohibits “all trade union activities at the ministry and its departments and sites.”
Former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz faces new charges for crimes committed during Saddam’s regime. Aziz’s lawyer says the Iraqi government is attempting to find a reason to execute him.
The US military is preparing to hand over control of its last remaining detention center in Iraq—with the government still divided and deadly sectarian violence grinding on.
Despite official Turkish tensions with Israel in the wake of the Gaza flotilla attack, the Turkish military is still using Israel-supplied drones against Kurdish rebels—both in Turkey and Iraq.
Hundreds of Turkish soldiers made an incursion into Iraqi territory in “hot pursuit” of Kurdish guerillas, as warplanes carried out a series of air-strikes against suspected rebel targets.
In a new report, Human Rights Watch documents the persistence of female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan, and calls upon the Kurdish Regional Government to ban the practice.
