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Iraq Rebuilding Progress Should Be Taken in Context, General Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 05.23.2007 Courtesy Story U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq are making a tangible difference on the ground, but cannot quickly undo 25 years of systemic neglect of the country’s infrastructure, the officer in charge...
Iraqi Government Considers Adding Security Forces
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 05.22.2007 Courtesy Story The Iraqi government may add as many as 15,000 more troops to its current 348,000-person security force to help decrease the country’s dependence on coalition forces, a top U.S. Army officer...
Iran Update, July 17, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability...
DQOC Boosts Production with Integrated Development Plan
Iraq Business News
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July 7, 2025
By John Lee. The Dhi Qar Oil Company (DQOC) has launched a comprehensive production plan to develop three key oil fields in Iraq's Dhi Qar province: Nasiriyah, Saba [Subba], and Garraf [Gharraf]. General Manager Sa'id Zgair Shalaka told the...
Rasheed Bank Launches Solar Energy Loans
Iraq Business News
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July 7, 2025
By John Lee. State-owned Rasheed Bank has launched specialised loans for purchasing renewable energy systems, specifically solar panels, with financing provided directly by the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). The initiative allows citizens and public...
Drop in Iranian Gas Cuts 3,800 MW from Iraq's Grid
Iraq Business News
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July 7, 2025
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Electricity has confirmed a sharp decline in gas supplies from Iran, causing a loss of approximately 3,800 megawatts from the national power grid. According to Saad Fureih, Director of the Fuel Directorate at the...
OPEC+ Reaffirms Oil Market Strategy, Adjusting August Production
Iraq Business News
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July 7, 2025
By John Lee. The eight OPEC+ countries, including Iraq, have reaffirmed their coordinated approach to oil market stability and announced a collective production adjustment for August 2025. In a virtual meeting held on 5 July, the group cited...
Logistics Market Growth Driven by E-Commerce, Technology & Sustainability (Research Report 2025-33)
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- IMARC Group) The latest report by IMARC Group, titled “Logistics Market Size, Share, Trends and Forecast by Model Type, Transportation Mode, End Use, and Region, 2025-2033”, offers a comprehensive analysis of the logistics market. The...
Iraqi Oil Minister Meets Russian Energy Delegation
Iraq Business News
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July 2, 2025
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani, held talks in Baghdad on Wednesday with Russian Ambassador Elbrus Kutrashev and a delegation from Russian energy giant Lukoil. The meeting focused on strengthening cooperation between Iraq...
Iraq to Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships in Pharmaceutical Industry
Iraq Business News
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July 2, 2025
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has directed the advancement of public-private partnerships in Iraq's pharmaceutical sector, with a particular focus on expanding local production of cancer treatments. At a high-level meeting...
Basra solar project: Major step in Iraq’s clean energy push
Shafaq News
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2025-06-28T18:23:34+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Basra On Saturday, Iraq’s Minister of Electricity, Ziad Ali Fadel, described the ongoing Shams Basra (Basra Sun) solar project as a “significant step” in the country’s...
Iraq delays some oil field developments as production and exports normal during conflict
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 23, 2025
Iraq, OPEC+s second biggest oil producer, has had to delay development of some oil projects but exports and production have so far remained on schedule, according to an oil ministry source and a report by local news Al Sharqiya News citing the...
Iraq Makes First Payment for 18 F-16 Fighters
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 09.27.2011 Courtesy Story The Iraqi government has transferred its first payment for 18 F-16C fighter aircraft, bringing Iraq closer to independently securing its airspace, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said...
Iraq: energy and security
Atalayar
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July 3, 2025
Current situation Seeking solutions Bilateral relations with the United States: history and prospects Energy projects Security as a pillar for investment and energy stability Baghdad has reoriented its relationship with Washington, driven by a...
Iraq strengthens US ties to harness energy potential
Shafaq News
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2025-07-03T15:57:51+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad As Iraq faces regional turbulence and the growing influence of foreign powers, the country is moving decisively to align its internal development goals with strategic...
Iraq secures Turkish water boost as drought crisis deepens
The New Arab
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July 3, 2025
The deal comes amid one of Iraq’s most severe water crises in decades. [AFP] Iraq has secured a pledge from Turkey to increase water discharges to 420 cubic metres per second in a bid to ease a worsening drought that has strained the country's...
Global Energy Security: Western Dependence on Gulf Oil and the Role of Regional Mediation in Middle Eastern Conflicts
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs - Washington D.C.
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July 8, 2025
Introduction The 1973 Oil Embargo first revealed the deep interconnection between Middle Eastern stability and global energy security. In response to US military support to Israel during the Yom Kippur war against Egypt and Syria, the Organization...
Iraq's drilling success: 113 new oil wells completed in H1 2025
Shafaq News
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2025-07-03T09:01:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Baghdad On Thursday, Iraq’s Ministry of Oil reported that the Iraqi Drilling Company completed drilling and rehabilitating 113 oil wells during the first half of 2025. In a...
EIA reports that imports made up lowest share of US energy supply in nearly 40 years
Hydrocarbon Engineering
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July 8, 2025
In 2024, the US imported about 17% of its domestic energy supply, half of the record share set in 2006 and the lowest share since 1985, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. The decline in imports’...
OPEC+ set for September 2025 production boost
Offshore Technology
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July 8, 2025
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, known as OPEC+, is expected to approve a 550,000 barrels per day (bpd) hike for September 2025, as reported by Reuters. The decision will culminate the phased return of 2.17 million...