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Major Iranian-backed militant group vows to expand conflict if U.S. air strikes continue
Mourners carry the coffins of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah fighters who were killed by US airstrike in Jurf al-Sakhar, south of Baghdad during a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Another U.S. service member injured during attacks in Iraq, Syria
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken exchanges challenge coins with the U.S. Marine Corps embassy security guard detachment in Baghdad, Iraq, November 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool/File Photo
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U.S. conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on American troops
FILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region for the past several weeks, the Pentagon said.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
energy and resources
Iraq committed to OPEC+ pact on determining production levels, oil ministry says
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows an oil rig used in drilling at the Zubair oilfield in Basra, Iraq, July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani/File Photo
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Oil prices settle up as Iraq backs more output cuts from OPEC+
FILE PHOTO: Pumpjacks are seen against the setting sun at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
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U.S. launches airstrike on site in Syria in response to attacks by Iranian-backed militias
FILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region for the past several weeks, the Pentagon said.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Blinken meets Palestinian leader in West Bank, stepping up Middle East diplomacy as Gaza war escalates
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards his plane to depart after meetings, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
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U.S. troops attacked in Iraq, Syria and on alert for more strikes
FILE PHOTO: Military vehicles of U.S. soldiers are seen at the al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq, January 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Davison/File Photo
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Iraq to end all cash withdrawals, transactions in U.S dollars by Jan. 1, 2024: official
A man works at a currency exchange shop in Najaf, Iraq, October 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
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Turkey hits back in Iraq and at home after bombing attack in Ankara
Turkish security forces cordon off an area after an explosion in Ankara, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, hours before parliament was scheduled to reopen after a summer recess. A second assailant was killed in a shootout with police. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
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Fire rips through Iraqi wedding hall, killing around 100 in shock to Christian community
People gather at the site of a fatal fire at a wedding celebration, in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province, Iraq, September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily
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Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned Koran burning
A protester holds up a portrait of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as smoke rises from the Swedish embassy building in Baghdad during a protest near the embassy hours after it was stormed and set on fire ahead of an expected Koran burning in Stockholm, in Baghdad, Iraq, July 20, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
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Iraq’s massive TotalEnergies oil deal heralds new revenue-sharing formula
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen on an oil tank at TotalEnergies fuel depot in Mardyck near Dunkirk, France, January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
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Iraq’s ancient sites, fragile stability spur new trickle of tourists
Anna Nikolaevna, 38, a Russian national, and Jacob Nemec, 29, an American national, look on during a tour at Imam Ali shrine, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
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Iraq, TotalEnergies sign massive oil, gas and renewables deal
Iraq's Minister of Oil Hayan Abdul Ghani al-Swad (R) and CEO of French energy firm TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanne sign the Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP) agreement during an official ceremony in Baghdad on July 10, 2023. The GGIP is a 10 billion USD plan by a consortium of Iraq's Basra Oil Company, TotalEnergies, and state-owned QatarEnergy, aimed at more efficiently using Iraqi gas resources and improving the country's rundown electricity grid. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Three books that help make sense of the Middle East
A Stranger in Your Own City by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Caliph and the Imam by Toby Matthiesen and In Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East by Steven Simon
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Oil futures up about 3% on strong Chinese refinery data, weaker U.S. dollar
FILE - Pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., on April 24, 2015. Land managers in one of the top oil and gas producing states in the U.S. have plugged more than 200 inactive wells on state trust lands. New Mexico officials announced Wednesday, April 19, 2023, that the cleanup costs are being shouldered by the industry as part of the State Land Office's accountability and enforcement program. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Iraq announces plans for $17-billion transportation project linking Asia to Europe
FILE - Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani sits for a portrait in his office in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Saturday, May 27, 2023, announced plans for a $17 billion regional transportation project intended to facilitate the flow of goods from Asia to Europe. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
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Iraq expects TotalEnergies to begin US$27-billion project in second half of 2023
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French energy group TotalEnergies is seen at a petrol station in Bugnicourt, France, October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
opinion
How Chrétien’s gutsy call on Iraq put him on the right side of history
Bob Plamondon
energy and resources
Officials reach deal to restart oil exports from northern Iraq via pipeline to Turkey
This handout photo released by the Iraqi prime minister's office on April 4, 2023, shows Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (R) holding a joint press conference with his Kurdish counterpart Masrour Barzani in Baghdad. - Iraq's federal government and the Kurdistan autonomous region signed an accord to allow Kurdish oil exports to resume through Turkey after they were halted 10 days ago, officials said. (Photo by IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENT (Photo by -/IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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Nine killed in crash of two U.S. Army helicopters in Kentucky
Policemen talk to people at a site where two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Trigg County, Kentucky, U.S., March 30, 2023. WKDZ Radio/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT
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Oil rises more than 1% on Iraqi supply risks, U.S. crude draw
FILE PHOTO: Pumpjacks are seen during sunset at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
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Several oil firms halt or cut output in Iraq’s Kurdistan region after pipeline closure
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 31, 2009, a worker is seen at an oil refinery near the village of Taq Taq, in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan. - Iraq's oil wealth is rekindling tensions between federal authorities and the autonomous Kurdish region, in a row that could compromise the lifeline industry and keep investors away, analysts say. (Photo by Safin HAMED / AFP) (Photo by SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Oil production in Iraq’s Kurdistan region at risk after Turkey halts pipeline exports
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 31, 2009, a worker is seen at an oil refinery near the village of Taq Taq, in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan. - Iraq's oil wealth is rekindling tensions between federal authorities and the autonomous Kurdish region, in a row that could compromise the lifeline industry and keep investors away, analysts say. (Photo by Safin HAMED / AFP) (Photo by SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images)
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On the 20th anniversary of Iraq’s invasion, Canada’s record on war and peace stands firm
Lawrence Martin
energy and resources
Iraq in final stages of talks on US$27-billion TotalEnergies deal, oil minister says
A logo of TotalEnergies is seen at an electric vehicle fuelling station in the La Defense business district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope
A family heads to the al-Kadhimayn shrine in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. For Iraqis, the war and U.S. occupation which started two decades ago were traumatic – an estimated 300,000 Iraqis were killed between 2003 and 2019, according to an estimate by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, in addition to some 4,000 Americans. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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Several killed in mysterious northern Iraq helicopter crash
A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard next to a national flag as pilgrims march from the centre of Baghdad towards the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, the seventh of 12 revered imams in Shiite Islam who died in 799 AD, during an annual religious commemoration on February 16, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
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UN chief praises moves toward stability in rare Iraq visit
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters during a news conference, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Oil settles up for third day as interest rate concerns ease
An array of pumpjacks operate Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Odessa, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
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Iraqis protest gender violence after YouTube star killed
Iraqi women's rights activists lift placards during a rally near the Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad on February 5, 2023, to protest the killing of Iraqi youtuber Tiba al-Ali by her father in Diwaniyah. - Al-Ali's death on January 31, has sparked outrage in Iraq, where so-called "honour killings" continue to take place in the conservative country. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)