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Iraqi Kurdish Businessman Says Not Involved in Gas Export Talks, Region’s Capacity Low

A Kurdish businessman whose home was hit by Iranian ballistic missiles this month has said he is not involved in and has no knowledge of plans to export natural gas from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region to Europe. Baz Karim Barzanji, the CEO of a major domestic energy company called KAR…

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Iraqi Kurdish businessman says not involved in gas export talks, region's capacity low

Iraqi Kurdish businessman says not involved in gas export talks, region's capacity low

A Kurdish businessman whose home was hit by Iranian ballistic missiles this month has said he is not involved in and has no knowledge of plans to export natural gas from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region to Europe.

Iran Struck Iraq Target over Gas Talks Involving Israel

Iran Struck Iraq Target over Gas Talks Involving Israel

A nascent plan for Iraq's Kurdistan region to supply gas to Turkey and Europe - with Israeli help - is part of what angered Iran into striking the Kurdish capital Erbil with ballistic missiles this month, Iraqi and Turkish officials say, according to an exclusive Reuters report. The March 13…

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Iraqi Kurdistan Has Energy Capacity to Help Europe, Says Iraqi Kurdish PM

The Kurdish region of northern Iraq has the capacity to make up for at least some of the energy shortfall in Europe, Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Monday. Barzani told an industry conference in Dubai that Kurdistan would soon become an important source of energy. "I am confident…

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Iran struck Iraq target over gas talks involving Israel - officials

A nascent plan for Iraq's Kurdistan region to supply gas to Turkey and Europe - with Israeli help - is part of what angered Iran into striking the Kurdish capital Erbil with ballistic missiles this month, Iraqi and Turkish officials say.

Man who grew up with war in Iraq now in Kyiv using his business to help

When Iraqi-born American entrepreneur Emad Ballack watched footage of war breaking out in Ukraine from his office in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, he decided he had to act.

Israeli Media: 6 Drones Bombed UAV Base in Iran

Israeli media confirmed on Tuesday that Israeli drones destroyed a fleet of Iranian drones in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah in mid-February. The reports come three days after the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched ten ballistic missiles at alleged Israeli sites in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan…

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Qaani in Baghdad 2 Days after Iran's Strikes on Erbil

Qaani in Baghdad 2 Days after Iran's Strikes on Erbil

Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force Esmail Qaani arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unannounced visit, two days after the Guards claimed responsibility for ballistic missile attacks against Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Iran said the barrage was retaliation for an Israeli strike in…

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Kurdish Sisters Help Boost Iraq to Weightlifting Victory

Kurdish Sisters Help Boost Iraq to Weightlifting Victory

In Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, sisters Ines, Israa and Oshin Muhsin have inherited a hefty mantle from their late father, using it to take their country to weightlifting glory. "We want to write the history of women's sports and preserve our father's" memory, Ines told AFP. At just 20, she…

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Heritage of Iraq’s Last Few Jews at Risk

Heritage of Iraq’s Last Few Jews at Risk

In a busy district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, there is little to distinguish the faded brick building, except for a Hebrew inscription above the entrance. Iraq's Jewish community was once one of the largest in the Middle East but its members have dwindled to a handful, outside of the…

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Rare Persian leopard held in Kurdistan zoo faces uncertain future

Rare Persian leopard held in Kurdistan zoo faces uncertain future

Animal, which was caught in a trap and had leg amputated, cannot return to wild, but region lacks resources to rehabilitate it

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Kurdish transgender woman shot by brother had been hiding from family

Kurdish transgender woman shot by brother had been hiding from family

Friends of Doski Azad said the 23-year-old makeup artist had received repeated death threats from male family members

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U.S. man charged with torturing a worker in Iraq's Kurdistan region

A Pennsylvania man has been charged by U.S. federal prosecutors with torturing an employee at a construction project that the defendant was managing in Iraq's Kurdistan region in 2015 after the worker raised concerns about a program to produce weapons parts.

Iraqis Queue for Petrol in Mosul amid Shortages

Iraqis Queue for Petrol in Mosul amid Shortages

Motorists in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul queued for hours on Friday to fill up their cars with petrol, with authorities blaming shortages on smuggling to the nearby Kurdistan region. For the past week, long lines have formed at petrol stations in Mosul and the rest of Nineveh province,…

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