Iraq Extends Lebanon Fuel Deal for One Year

A dusk aerial view of cars driving by the devastated Port of Beirut, in darkness during a power outage. (AFP)

Iraq's government has agreed to continue supplying Lebanon's electricity company with heavy fuel oil for another year, Lebanon's caretaker prime minister said on Thursday, alleviating pressure on Lebanon's struggling power grid.

Najib Mikati said he had made the request to Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who agreed to extend the same terms of the agreement signed last year.