Iran has been working to strengthen its ties and gain influence in the Iraqi energy sector in the last couple of months …
What’s Behind Oman’s BDS Push?
There are four issues of interest concerning the Sultanate of Oman’s efforts to push through a new measure that is similar to the law passed by Iraq earlier in 2022 – an amendment of the existing …
What’s Behind Oman’s BDS Push?
There are four issues of interest concerning the Sultanate of Oman’s efforts to push through a new measure that is similar to the law passed by Iraq earlier in 2022 – an amendment of the existing …
Iraq PM summons central banker as currency slides
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s premier summoned the central bank governor Tuesday amid worries sparked by a currency drop against the dollar, with lawmakers calling for an extraordinary session of parliament. One US …
Iran holds funerals for troops killed in 1980s Iraq war
Thousands of Iranians on Tuesday attended state-organized funerals for 400 soldiers killed in the 1980s Iran-Iraq war. Iran’s president, meanwhile, lashed out at the United States and its allies, accusing them of fomenting anti-government protests that have been underway in Iran for over three months.
‘We make it fun’ — Inside an Air Force Christmas at 30,000 feet over war-torn Iraq
Every aircraft we offload fuel to is in some form supporting the guys on the ground — who are also missing their families.”
Who’s holding whose hands in Syria and Iraq?
When I opined that U.S. President Joe Biden’s George W. Bush-era carryover foreign and security policy team would create two so-called Kurdish …
6 million illegal Captagon pills seized at Jordan-Iraq border
The Jordanian Customs Department seized one of its largest hauls of illegal drugs ever, stopping 6 million pills of Captagon at the border of Iraq.
2 IS militants killed in N. Iraq
Earlier in the day, a fierce clash erupted during an operation to hunt down IS militants in Qara-Chokh Mountain near the town of Makhmour, some 60 km southeast of Nineveh’s provincial capital Mosul, …
Jordan seizes huge amphetamine haul at Iraq border
Six million pills of Captagon, known as “the poor man’s cocaine”, were being smuggled in date paste.