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Sep 12, 2024 | iraqoilreport.com | Ben Van Heuvelen |Amir Ali |Mohammed Hussein |Araz Mohammed

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid (right) meets newly elected Diyala Governor Adnan al-Shammari (left) in Baghdad on Aug. 8, 2024. (Photo credit: Iraqi Presidency Office) KHANAQIN - Diyala finally has a new governor, after an eight-month deadlock was resolved through a political deal with the potential to realign power structures in the oil and gas-rich province.

May 31, 2024 | iraqoilreport.com | Mohammed Hussein |Rawaz Tahir |Araz Mohammed |Wrya Abdulkhaliq

Bafel Talabani (left) and Massoud Barzani (right), the leaders of the PUK and KDP, respectively, meet in November 2021. (Photo credit: PUK media) SULAIMANIYA/ERBIL - Iraq's top election authority has proposed Sept. 5 as a new date for long-delayed parliamentary elections in Kurdistan — the latest twist in a contentious saga that has aggravated the rivalry between the region’s two dominant political parties.

Nov 20, 2023 | iraqoilreport.com | Mohammed Hussein |Rawaz Tahir |Araz Mohammed |Amir Ali

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (center left) meets with Massoud Barzani (center right), the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), as well as KRG President Nechirvan Barzani (fourth from right) and KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (third from right), in Erbil on Nov. 9, 2023.

Oct 12, 2023 | iraqoilreport.com | Mohammed Hussein |Wrya Abdulkhaliq |Lizzie Porter |Araz Mohammed

A screenshot of a video taken by the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security force controlled by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan political party, shows the arrest of a suspected member of the Islamic State militant group on Aug. 22, 2023.

Sep 12, 2023 | iraqoilreport.com | Mohammed Hussein |Rawaz Tahir |Lizzie Porter |Araz Mohammed

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (right) and KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) shake hands at a ceremony in Baghdad on April 4, 2023, to sign a temporary deal for restarting northern oil exports.