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Iraq says seeking alternatives to Iran gas

Knoxville Daily Sun 13 Mar 2025
Iraq is setting up ... "If we manage to set up a third unit we could hit 800 to 900 million cubic feet," he added, saying this would help offset the shortfall of Iranian gas that southern Iraq depends on.
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How disinformation intensified Syria's weekend of violence

The Times of India 12 Mar 2025
Only one, whose profile said they were based in southern Iraq, responded.The social media user was happy to share information if they could remain anonymous and told DW they were working under ...
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Sharaa’s Gamble Pays Off: Behind the Scenes of the Syrian Government-SDF Agreement

The Syrian Observer 11 Mar 2025
This coincided with growing speculation about the “David Corridor”—a proposed route stretching from southern Syria through Daraa, Sweida, Al-Tanf, and Deir ez-Zor, reaching Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
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Exclusive-After US move on Iraq-Iran power trade, Baghdad looks to replace Iranian gas

Colorado Springs Gazette 10 Mar 2025
He said the terminal would be based at the port of Khor al-Zubair on the Gulf and the gas piped via a 45-kilometre (28-mile) pipeline already under construction to a supply point near the southern city of Basra, where Iraq drills much of its oil.
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Iraq reviews summer power plans after U.S. ends Iran electricity waiver

China.dot.org 09 Mar 2025
Iraq's electricity ministry presented measures to maintain power supply, while the oil ministry outlined plans to provide the necessary fuel for power plants, al-Sudani's office said in a statement ... Supplies to southern power plants had been unstable.
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US ends waiver for Iraq to buy Iranian electricity

Gulf News 09 Mar 2025
Washington has declined to renew a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, a spokesperson for the American embassy in Baghdad said on Sunday ... Iraq lodges UN complaint over Israel using its airspace to attack Iran.
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Iraq’s Plan to Transform Its Economy Is a Risky Bet

Oil Price 08 Mar 2025
... rail line and roadway from a new port at Al Faw in southern Iraq to Türkiye, linking Asia and Europe.
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Iraq’s Plan to Transform Its Economy Is a Risky Bet, by James Durso

The Unz Review 08 Mar 2025
In May 2023, Iraq announced the Development Road, $17 billion, 1,200-kilometer rail line and roadway from a new port at Al Faw in southern Iraq to Türkiye, linking Asia and Europe.
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Iraq moves closer to resuming oil exports through Türkiye's Ceyhan Port

Anadolu Agency 06 Mar 2025
'If exports do resume, they wouldn't have much impact on global supply balances because Iraq will have to cut production from southern fields under federal control in order to meet its OPEC+ quota,' Dourian concluded.
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Iraq and the new Syria: Navigating ties in the post-Assad era

The New Arab 05 Mar 2025
Iraq exists in a difficult neighbourhood ... Iraq’s leadership has worked to establish healthy relations with all its neighbours and sought to decrease tensions among them ... Sharaa spent one year detained by the US military at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq.
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4,000-Year-Old Canals and Farms Discovered in the World’s Oldest City

Colombia One 04 Mar 2025
Eridu, located in present-day southern Iraq, is widely regarded as the first city in the world, founded around 5400 BCE during the Ubaid period. Situated near the Euphrates River, it was a pivotal center of early urban civilization in Mesopotamia ... .
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Iran private sector eyes increased exports to Iraq

Tehran Times 02 Mar 2025
TEHRAN - Two local Iranian chambers of commerce have signed a cooperation document aimed to boost the country’s exports to neighboring Iraq, especially to the southern province of Basrah ... .
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Does Israel want to open a 'David's Corridor' to divide Syria?

The New Arab 28 Feb 2025
Israel's ongoing aggression in southern Syria is intensifying fears about its long-run ambitions in the country with suspicions about a plan to geographically divide the country ... Israel has expanded its occupation of southern Syria.
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Iraq exports over 103 mln barrels of crude oil in Jan.

Xinhua 26 Feb 2025
During the month, approximately 102.3 million barrels were exported from oil fields in central and southern Iraq via the Port of Basra, and ...
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Kuwait achieved 100% rates in key global indicators: GCC-Stat

Urdu Point 26 Feb 2025
Among the country’s ambitious infrastructure projects is the Doha Seawater Desalination Plant, which aims to utilise groundwater treatment to produce 60 million imperial gallons of fresh water per ...
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