Iraq

16 July 2022; MEMO: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has announced that the Jeddah conference in Saudi Arabia "will not witness the discussion of normalisation with Israel" and stressed that discussion on the topic is an attempt to confuse Iraq's restoration of its role in the region.

16 July 2022; MEMO: Leader of the Iraqi political Sadrist Movement Muqtada Al-Sadr on Friday called for "dissolving all armed factions" in the country during the Friday sermon in Sadr City, as reported by Iraqi News Agency (INA).

13 July 2022; MEMO: Iraq's former Transportation Minister, Amir Abdul-Jabbar, said yesterday that Saudi Arabia is planning to announce the formation of a regional Arab military alliance similar to NATO that includes Iraq, during the upcoming visit of US President Joe Biden to Riyadh this week.

06 July 2022; MEMO: Over the past two months, Iraqis have been living, working and breathing in thick clouds of dust, as at least nine sandstorms – lasting up to several days each – have hit the country, blanketing everything in grit.

Hospitals have reported a surge in admissions, with thousands of patients coming in with severe respiratory illnesses, while schools and offices have had to close and flights have been grounded for days at a time.

BAGHDAD, Jul 2 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq exported 101.19 million barrels of crude oil in Jun, bringing in revenues worth 11.5 billion U.S. dollars, said the Iraqi Oil Ministry, yesterday.

The average price for crude oil in Jun was 113.7 dollars per barrel, according to a ministry statement, citing statistics from the State Organisation for Marketing of Oil.

BAGHDAD, Jun 30 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Environment Ministry, yesterday, called on the international community, to help Iraq meet the challenges of climate change.

“The Iraqi people went through difficult political and economic conditions, during the past decades. It is expected that climate change will exacerbate the sufferings,” Environment Minister, Jassim Al-Falahi, was quoted as saying.

Al-Falahi pointed out that, the needed international support will help Iraq adapt to climate change, in the context of economic change.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker prime minister is set to fly to Saudi Arabia, followed by Iran, carrying a new initiative aimed at renewing talks between the two regional arch foes, an official said Saturday.

The official said Mustafa al-Kadhimi was scheduled to travel to Riyadh later in the day for meetings with Saudi officials. He will then travel to Tehran on Sunday.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Parliament is set to hold a session Thursday to vote in replacements for 73 lawmakers who resigned earlier this month. The collective walkout by followers of Iraq’s most influential Shiite politician threw Iraq into further uncertainty, deepening a months-long political crisis over government formation.

21 June 2022; MEMO: Iraq is investing in its own gas fields in a bid to reduce dependence on Iran, a local official has confirmed. Abdul Wahab Kazem, the technical advisor to the Minister of Electricity, made his comment in an interview with the Iraqi News Agency.

BAGHDAD, Jun 20 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq seeks to raise its crude oil production to eight million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of 2027, to fulfil its commitment to export quota, within the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Iraqi Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, said yesterday.

“Iraq is working to increase its capabilities, to raise its oil production capacity, and we have large projects to increase production, and we are committed to reaching the peak production of eight million bpd by the end of 2027,” Ismail told reporters.