Ajil oil field targeted in latest insurgent attacks
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Basra's governor and head of the provincial council are both being investigated for corruption in an electricity supply deal.
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Foreign oil companies are invited to propose contracts – though not production sharing – for eight exploration blocks on the borders with Iran and Kuwait, as well as one offshore exploration block.
Special ReportInside Mosul: July 19, 2017
Detailed updates from Mosul city and nearby Islamic State militant-held territory, gathered via Iraq Oil Report's network of reporters and contacts.
Q&A: Nasraddin Sayid Sindi, Kurdistan’s disputed territories chief
The chairman of the General Board of Kurdistan Areas outside the Kurdistan Region Administration discusses efforts to hold the referendum in areas outside formal KRG control, and expectations of Iraqi security forces afterward.
Q&A: Ahmad Anwar, head of the Kurdistan Integrity Commission
Kurdistan's financial crisis has provided an impetus for government reform, including overlapping efforts to fight low-level corruption.
Oil export plateau continues in June
Iraqi exports have remained steady since February - and well below capacity - as the government maintains its efforts to support an OPEC cut agreement.
Iraqi Cabinet decisions: July 18, 2017
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.
In Hawija, IS poses ongoing threat to oil assets
From one of their last strongholds in Iraq, IS militants continue to launch deadly attacks, including recent attempts to bomb the Bai Hassan oil field.
The Living and the Dead
The Best Thing America Built In Iraq: Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service And The Long War Against Militancy
The Real Lessons of Mosul (and Sixteen Years of War in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria)
The Fall of Mosul May Not Be the End Of ISIS But the Beginning of ISIS 2.0
Iraqi PM: Rights violations in Mosul were ‘individual acts’
Iraqi officer seeks vengeance in Mosul, where killings mount
Execution Site Near Mosul’s Old City
With IS Gone, Iraq Shapes Plans for Rebuilding Mosul
