Outside the zone of American air strikes, Kurdish forces are reeling as insurgents advance in Jalawla, extending their control into a key pocket of land between Kirkuk, Sulaimaniya, Baghdad and Iran.
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Q&A: Ali Jassim Hammoud, Director General of the Missan Oil Company
The second largest state oil firm is targeting an increase in oil production to 1 million bpd through expansion of existing facilities and developing new fields in Missan province.
Armed with intel, U.S. strikes curtail IS oil sector
It once made over $1 million per day in Iraq alone, but now the IS oil sector, which lured hundreds of foreign workers, is struggling to meet its internal demand.
The reconstruction of the Al Nuri mosque reclaims a rich and humane legacy
The recent announcement that the UAE will undertake the reconstruction of the Great Nuri Mosque in Mosul, destroyed by ISIS in July 2017, represents the quiet victory of moderation over extremism. The mosque was built by one of the most important figures of Islamic history, Nur Al Din Zangi, who led the fight against the Crusaders and Shiite […]
After Isis: the families returning home in Iraq
On the evening of 11 August 2014, Assam Dara Ali was at home in Jalawla, southern Iraq. His wife, Teba, was putting their two young children to bed; meanwhile, Kurdish officials in Erbil were beginning to report that Jalawla had fallen to Isis. “Suddenly we heard cries of ‘Allahu Akbar’, God is greatest, from the […]
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.
Iraqi production stays strong in September, but OPEC-plus cuts loom
Output stays above 4.7 million bpd for third straight month, but reductions are on the horizon as tighter OPEC quotas take effect in November.
Violence in split Arab-Kurdish city causes concern
McClatchy: Jalawla funeral bombing marks deadly Monday in Iraq.
Three wounded in Diyala car blast
Yesterday a car bomb rocked Khanaqin city (170 km from Baghdad) in Diyala province. Police officer Adnan Fayeq from Jalawla a suburb of the city told AKnews "an improvised explosive device attached to a pick up truck exploded in the Ashti neighborhood of Jalawla." The driver, an Arab, lost one of his legs and two […]
Bombing on Kurdish party HQ in Iraq kills 18
At least 18 people were killed in two blasts at the headquarters of a Kurdish political party in Iraq's ethnically mixed province of Diyala on Sunday, local officials and medics said. Most of the victims of Sunday's attack were members of the Kurdish security forces who were guarding the office of the Patriotic Union of […]
Tensions rise between Kurdish and Shi’ite forces in Iraq
Tensions ran high in eastern Iraq on Friday between Kurdish and Shi'ite fighters, highlighting divisions hampering efforts by the U.S.-backed government to blunt the momentum of Islamic State militants. There were conflicting reports on what transpired in Diyala province after Kurdish peshmerga fighters attempted to dig a trench to separate two towns there, Jalawla and al-Saadiya, […]
In Disputed Iraqi Territory, Rebuilding A City Means Doing It Yourself
For all of the terrible things that have happened to his city of Jalawla in northern Iraq, Yacub Youssef seems like a happy man. Youssef is the sub-district director – essentially the mayor — of this small city just a few miles from Iran and about 90 miles north of Baghdad. ISIS occupied it in […]
One Peshmerga dies after bomb explodes in Diyala, Iraq
A Peshmerga fighter was killed Wednesday by a planted bomb exploded near Jalawla in Iraq’s Diyala province. A police commander in Garmian, north of Jalawla, stated that the Peshmerga fighter Ismail Hama Omar was transferred to a hospital in Garmian’s capital of Kalar where he died from his injures.
Lost in the oil boom
Residents living near some of Iraq's biggest oil fields say the massive projects have brought few tangible benefits and many big problems.
Inside Mosul: March 4, 2017
Detailed updates from Islamic State militant-held areas of Ninewa province, gathered via Iraq Oil Report's network of reporters and contacts.
Killing Abu Ghadiya
The four helicopters scythed through the air, two Black Hawks full ofDelta Force operators covered by a pair of AH-6 Little Birds, all headed for the Syrian border near Al Qaim. The aircraft were flown by some of the Army’s most skilled pilots, the Night Stalkers, but it was broad daylight — 4:45 p.m. on October […]
Q&A: Missan Oil Company DG Adnan Noshi Sajit
Oil production is booming in Missan province, which now accounts for nearly one-tenth of Iraq's output.
Inside Mosul: March 8, 2017
Detailed updates from Islamic State militant-held areas of Ninewa province, gathered via Iraq Oil Report's network of reporters and contacts.
Key water project advances, promising to unlock new oil capacity
TotalEnergies and Basra Oil Company are fleshing out their vision for the long-delayed Common Seawater Supply Project.
Inside the black heart of IS’s oil sector
On the Mosul outskirts, the IS group's Iraqi oil refining hub – recently seized by Iraqi forces – shows how the militants used savvy management to fuel their killing machine.
Iraq closes notorious Abu Ghraib prison
Iraq's justice minister says authorities have closed down a notorious prison west of Baghdad over security concerns. Hassan al-Shimmari said Tuesday that 2,400 inmates have been transferred from Abu Ghraib to other prisons in safer areas of the country. He says it was a precautionary measure because the Abu Ghraib facility is located in "a […]
Iraq: Abu Ghraib prison closure not permanent
An Iraqi Justice Ministry official said Wednesday that this week's closure of the infamous Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad is temporary and that it will be reopened once the security situation in the surrounding area is stable. The closure is the latest chapter in the history of the prison, which during Saddam Hussein's rule […]
Backup plans emerge for Iraqi gas as TotalEnergies faces delays
Political hurdles and unresolved commercial negotiations have set back Iraq's most ambitious plans for associated gas. Smaller projects could start to fill the vacuum.
Iraq’s March crude output edges higher
Iraqi production is rising as two southern fields return from temporary outages and OPEC-plus quotas continue to loosen.