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Two small Iraqi oil wells set ablaze in ‘terrorist attack’, ministry says
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Two small Iraqi oil wells set ablaze in ‘terrorist attack’, ministry says

KIRKUK (Reuters) -Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives in a “terrorist attack”…
Iraq restarts some Kirkuk oil flows after year-long halt: sources
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Iraq restarts some Kirkuk oil flows after year-long halt: sources

  LONDON (Reuters) – Iraq has restarted exports of Kirkuk oil, halted a year ago due to a standoff between…
Why are Iraq’s Kirkuk oilfields so important?
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Why are Iraq’s Kirkuk oilfields so important?

BAGHDAD/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Iraq’s oilfields in the disputed Kirkuk region have taken on new significance after the United States…
Iraq election commission ignored warnings over voting machines – document
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Iraq election commission ignored warnings over voting machines – document

Baghdad (Reuters) – Iraq’s election commission ignored an anti-corruption body’s warnings about the credibility of electronic vote-counting machines used in…
Iraqi army moves to secure planned oil route to Iran
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Iraqi army moves to secure planned oil route to Iran

Iraqi forces launched a security operation along a planned oil transit route to Iran on Wednesday, saying it was clearing…
Iraq to start exporting Kirkuk oil to Iran before end-January: Iraqi oil minister Luaibi
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Iraq to start exporting Kirkuk oil to Iran before end-January: Iraqi oil minister Luaibi

Iraq will start exporting oil from the northern Kirkuk fields to Iran before end January, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi…
Iraq plans new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline
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Iraq plans new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline

Iraq on Sunday invited companies to submit statements of interest in building a new pipeline from the northern city of…
Iraqi Kurdish ministers resign amid violent protests
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Iraqi Kurdish ministers resign amid violent protests

Two political parties have withdrawn from Iraq’s Kurdish regional government amid street protests over delayed salaries, poor services and rampant…
CIA chief Pompeo says he warned Iran’s Soleimani over Iraq aggression
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CIA chief Pompeo says he warned Iran’s Soleimani over Iraq aggression

US Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he sent a letter to Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani…
Iraq top court declares Kurd referendum unconstitutional
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Iraq top court declares Kurd referendum unconstitutional

Iraq’s supreme court on Monday declared that September’s referendum on independence in the autonomous Kurdish areas in the north of…
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