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Coordinated Drone and Rocket Attacks Hit Critical Sites in Northern Iraq
Watan
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July 2, 2025
More Than 10 UAVs Target Baiji Refinery Adel Al-Daraj, the subdistrict governor of Baiji in Salahaddin province, confirmed that “the Baiji refinery was attacked by more than ten unmanned drones at dawn Tuesday.” He added that security and...
172 Preliminary Licences for New Industrial Projects in Iraq in May
Iraq Business News
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June 30, 2025
By John Lee. Iraq's General Directorate of Industrial Development (GDID), part of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, issued 172 preliminary licences for the establishment of new industrial projects during May 2025. Director General Dr. Eng....
F-35 Highlights Israel as a Unique Force Multiplier for America
The Jewish Exponent - Pennsylvania
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July 22, 2025
By Yoram Ettinger Does the United States extend to Israel an annual military foreign aid, or does it make an annual investment in Israel that yields to the U.S. taxpayer an annual return-on-investment of a few hundred percent? Recent events might...
Al-Sudani: Iraq took diplomatic role in war, signed air defense deals
Shafaq News
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2025-07-01T22:54:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani underscored Baghdad’s pivotal diplomatic engagement during the recent regional conflict, stating that Iraq stood ready to manage...
Is the revival of the Iraq-Lebanon oil link just a pipe dream?
The New Arab
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Tripoli's refinery, built in 1940 to process Iraqi crude from the Kirkuk fields, was nationalised by Lebanon in the 1970s and ceased operations in 1992. [Getty] A proposal to revive the Iraq-Syria-Lebanon oil pipeline, originating in Kirkuk and...
Water crisis hits Iraq’s Basra jail
Shafaq News
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2025-07-02T11:58:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Basra Inmates at Basra Central Prison issued an urgent plea, on Wednesday, after the facility ran completely out of water, worsening what officials describe as the province’s...
V2X awarded Iraqi F-16 support services contract
Airforce Technology
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July 1, 2025
Aerospace and defence company V2X has secured a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract on an undefinitised basis to deliver support services for the Iraq F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet initiative. The contract commences with an initial value of $118m to...
The Military-Industrial Complex Is Riding High
Antiwar
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July 2, 2025
Originally published at TomDispatch. The Senate is on the verge of passing the distinctly misnamed “big beautiful bill.” It is, in fact, one of the ugliest pieces of legislation to come out of Congress in living memory. The version that passed the...
US-Iraq collaboration deepens despite "anti-American" sentiment
Shafaq News
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2025-07-01T13:35:28+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Washington Despite escalating armed groups' attacks and deep-rooted public opposition, Iraq and the United States are pushing ahead with renewed security and energy...
New Scheme offers Iraqis Affordable Building Materials
Iraq Business News
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June 30, 2025
By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani inaugurated the new 'Construction Basket' initiative on Wednesday, an innovative programme designed to provide citizens with access to building materials at competitive prices and on...
President Erdoğan meets Iraqi parliament speaker in Ankara
Sabah
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July 1, 2025
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday met with Iraqi Council of Representatives Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani in Ankara. The closed-door meeting took place at the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) headquarters. Turkish Parliament...
Crude Oil Prices Slip as OPEC+ Expected to Boost Production
Yahoo Finance
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Offshore drilling rig by nielubieklonu via iStock August WTI crude oil (CLQ25) Monday closed down -0.41 (-0.63%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ25) closed up +0.27 (+0.13%). Crude oil and gasoline prices on Monday settled mixed. Crude was under...
Nebraska: Building a Resilient Manufacturing Workforce
Industry Today
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June 30, 2025
In Lincoln, Neb., the Lincoln Manufacturing Council(LMC) addresses the industry’s employment gap and helps local companies secure talent. By Caden Pearson, Workforce Development Coordinator, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) The...
<b>Idris Nechirvan Barzani: Leading Iraq toward environmental sustainability</b>
Gulf Today
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July 1, 2025
For over four decades, Iraq has grappled with persistent drought, intensified by extreme heat, desertification, and dwindling water resources. The United Nations Environment Programme ranks Iraq as the world’s fifth most climate-vulnerable region,...
Scar Power: How Daron Malakian learned to let go
Kerrang!
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You might be surprised to learn that the man responsible for the words ‘I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch right here in Hollywood’ and ‘My cock is much bigger than yours’ likens his songs to toys. “There are some [songs] that took years of...
Eight OPEC+ countries to boost oil production by 411,000 bpd again in July
TASS
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July 1, 2025
MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Eight OPEC+ countries, which voluntarily cut oil production, are to boost their output by 411,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July, as in previous two months. This output growth volume is equivalent to the initial three-month...
What's driving forward US dollar smuggling from Iraq to Iran?
The New Arab
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June 30, 2025
Iraq's economy continues to suffer as US dollars are illegally transferred to Iran through currency market offices across multiple provinces. [Getty] Despite efforts by the Iraqi federal government and parliament to curb US dollar smuggling to...
The Trump Train Is Leaving The Station - The Energy Report
myMotherLode - California
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Image Source: Unsplash All Aboard, The Trump train is leaving this station. Remember when all those people were freaking out a few months ago about the tariffs and how it was going to create a global recession? Now funds are rushing to get back...
OPEC Plans Production Increase In August To Regain Market Share
Leadership
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July 1, 2025
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is working to expand its Global oil market share and is set to announce another big increase of 411,000 barrels per day in production for August, four delegates from the group told Reuters....
Iran Nears Partial Commissioning Of Strategic Rail Line With Iraq
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2. A station and a two-way line will be commissioned on the border of Iran and Iraq within the framework of the Shalamcheh-Basra railway line between the two countries during the next month,...