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News channel or source: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Iraqs-Economy-Reels-as-Hormuz-Blockade-Chokes-Oil-Revenues.html
Published on: Wednesday 25 March 2026
Iraq is seeing the worst of the Middle East crisis as its heavily oil-dependent economy is now collapsing with the trickling oil revenues amid the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz. Iraq, OPEC’s second ...
News Iraq » Wasit » Economy: Fire in Iraqi mall kills at least 61 people, officials say
News channel or source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/17/iraq-mall-fire-kut-corniche-hypermarket/
Published on: Thursday 17 July 2025
BAGHDAD — At least 61 people died in a fire that ravaged a newly opened mall in eastern Iraq’s Wasit province, officials said Thursday. The fire broke out Wednesday night at the Corniche Hypermarket ...