Baghdad has dismissed as illegitimate the recent signing of an agreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government and US energy companies to develop oil and gas fields in Sulaimani.
Lawmaker Hassan Wariush al-Asadi told The New Region that Iraq has canceled its 2025 summer agricultural plan due to dangerously low water reserves, which have dropped to one-third of last year's levels.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed a degree of negativity regarding the prospects of a nuclear accord with Washington that has not been seen from other Iranian officials, who have tended to err on the side of optimism.
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani hailed the energy agreements with US firms as marking the beginning of "a new phase of Kurdistan-USA ties."
Iraq’s National Security Advisory has issued a directive to take stricter measures against extremist groups, namely the Madkhali movement
The firms described the agreements as a "significant milestone" for the energy future of the Kurdistan Region.
Iraq has recently begun trying to address an over-reliance on Iran to fuel its power grid, after Washington declined to renew a waiver allowing Iraq to import Iranian electricity
Afro-Iraqis, long marginalized despite deep roots in Basra’s history, are at the center of a national debate after a controversial decision to allocate land exclusively to dark-skinned citizens. Critics call the move politically motivated and racially divisive, while activists recall centuries of systemic exclusion, from slavery under the Abbasids to modern political invisibility.
After nearly six months of preparations and millions of dollars spent, the Arab League summit hosted in Baghdad, and hailed by Iraqi authorities ended in disaster with only five of over 20 Arab head of states, and none but one from Gulf states, attending.
“What was my son carrying? Was he carrying narcotics? Was he carrying smuggled weapons?” asked Arman's mother
In light of the historic Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) decision to end its armed campaign against the Turkish state, Kurds in Iran seek to ascertain the peace process' implications for their own situation within a country that has long denied them any degree of autonomy.
As Iraq faces a severe housing shortage, families are grappling with soaring rents, stalled government projects, and a lack of affordable options, leaving many young people viewing home ownership as an elusive dream always tantalizingly out of reach.
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