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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq aims to boost pipeline oil exports from 220,000 to 770,000 barrels per day within 75 days. This 250 percent increase aims to avoid the blocked Strait of Hormuz by ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Finance: World Bank announces $900m finance deal for Iraqi roads
The World Bank approves a $900 million finance deal to upgrade Iraq's road infrastructure, improving safety and connectivity across the country and to key ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Finance: Who is Ali al-Zaidi, the businessman named as Iraq’s PM-designate?
After months of political wrangling, Iraq’s Coordination Framework on Monday named Ali al-Zaidi, a multimillionaire business figure, as the compromise candidate of the governing Shia bloc. “After ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Finance: Iraq’s Oil Collapse Sparks Race for New Export Routes
Baghdad is urgently trying to revive northern export routes through Turkey, including the Kirkuk-Ceyhan system and a new Kirkuk-Nineveh pipeline.
News Iraq » Baghdad » Finance: Iraq announces huge oil find near Saudi border as Hormuz crisis bites
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced the discovery of a large oil field in the southern province of Najaf, near the border with Saudi Arabia. The discovery is considered one of the most important ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Finance: Senior US Treasury official travels to Iraq to counter illicit finance
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department's top sanctions official traveled to Baghdad on Sunday, a Treasury spokesperson said, as Washington seeks to counter Iran's ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Finance: Baghdad makes $430 million budget payment to Kurds - finance minister
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq made a $430 million (282 million pound) budget payment to the Kurdistan region for May, the finance minister said on Tuesday, potentially putting further strain on a deal over ...