The groundwater level in Erbil has dropped by 500 meters in the past 20 years
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KRG Media and Information Office:
🔹In 1996, the groundwater level was 120 meters
🔹In 2022, the groundwater level will be 700 meters
Iraq’s PM accuses oil companies of "blackmailing" KRG
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Iraqi PM Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani stated that the Kurdistan Region was forced to sign contracts with oil companies in 2014 due to the lack of a budget, which he believes was "unfair and involved extortion."
Halabja... The City That Run by Women
🔹"A woman received the post of director of oil and minerals in Halabja"
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Halabja is one of the cities in Kurdistan where women hold the most senior government positions...
KRG Ministry of Culture:
"We will take strict legal action against those media outlets that publish articles against the the Kurdistan Region, because the publication of such articles do not fall within the framework of freedom of expression."
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A journalist arrested in Erbil
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KNN reporter Ayub Warti has been arrested for a journalistic report under Article 434 of the Iraqi Penal Code.
Warti's lawyer said: this is a violation of the law that It should have been dealt with according to the Journalism Law
Iraq inaugurates new Kirkuk International airport
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Iraq's ministers of Transport and Finance, Nasser Bandar al-Shibli and Hiyam Kaberlo, inaugurated the Kirkuk International airport on Sunday.
Five Iraqi companies have stolen $2.5 billion
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The owner of one of the companies that withdrew $2.5 billion from the branches of Rafideen Bank is a Kurd named (Hussein Kawa Abdulqadir Brifkani)...
Al-Sabah News Paper:
🔻 Iraq is considering new ways to export oil
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🔻 Transportation of oil to the south and revival of the Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline is one of the proposals
🔻 Turkey seeks to resolve Iraq's second complaint in the arbitration court
A coalition of Chaldean, Syrian, Assyrian, and Armenian Christian parties and associations on Monday announced their decision to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Region.
The coalition criticized the Iraqi Federal Court's decision to annul final
"If Turkey doesn't agree"
🔻Two proposals have been put before the Iraqi Oil Minister to export oil from the Kurdistan Region
🔻 Exporting oil through the south or repairing the Iraq-Banias line
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🔹The Oil, Gas and Natural Resources Committee of the Iraqi Parliament
"The Ministry of Oil and SOMO said the KRG had complied"
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According to Narmin Maruf, a member of the Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament, “The Ministry of Oil and SOMO said that the Kurdistan Region is committed to delivering 80,000 barrels of oil according to
PM Barzani Officially Inaugurates Lanaz Refinery in Erbil
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The Lanaz Refinery is a fully equipped, high capacity refinery built in 2008 in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and processes about 100,000 bpd of crude oil.
🔸"All the Kurdish forces belong to the Ministry of Peshmerga and so far 20 brigades have completely merged," Kurdish Peshmerga Commander, Wasta Rasul told Draw Media.
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🔻Halbusi received a message from the regional forces that his role is over
🔻Halbusi's party believes that the decision to remove him was made long ago
"The decision is purely political"
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"Finally, the party "Taqdum" accepted the decision to remove Mohammed
🔻Masrour Barzani will visit Turkey tomorrow
"For the oil and security issues"
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Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani is scheduled to visit Turkey tomorrow.
According to Draw Media information each of the acting minister of natural
Slemani is going to run out of electricity
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Currently, some areas of Sulaimani have only 2 hours of electricity in (24) hours. When In 1992, three hours of electricity was given to the citizens a day, "The reason is said to be “due to injustice in the distribution"
Over 2 Million Square Meters of Kurdistan Land Cleared from Mines in 2022
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Kurdistan Region's Mine Action Agency in a news conference said that his agency has cleared more than 2 million square meters of land from mines and other explosive ordnances last year alone.
Iran bombed areas in the Kurdistan Region
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Iranian artillery has been bombing the sub-district of Sidekan in Soran, north of Erbil, a local official said on Saturday.
🔻Ankara is preparing to conduct a large-scale military operation in the Kurdistan Region
🔻Ankara has Agreed with Baghdad and Erbil to completely close the borders and provide intelligence support.
🔻Sulaimani and Sinjar is within the targets of the Turkish attack
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Arab League calls for arrest of Wahab Halabjay, Director of CTG
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the Arab League's Council of Interior Ministers has issued a letter calling on the Iraqi authorities to arrest Wahab Majid Baqi known as Wahab Halabjay, Director of CTG, holder of Dominican
KRG must fill the salary deficit until the budget is approved
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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has not yet started to distribute the April salaries, waiting for the arrival of 400 billion dinars from Baghdad even with the money from Baghdad, the KRG will
Al-Sabah newspaper:
🔻Kar refinery will increase daily production to (185) thousand barrels of oil per day
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🔻It provides fuel to Nineveh and Salahaddin from 2017
🔻70% of its production goes to Baghdad and 30% goes to the Kurdistan Region
🔻Iraq and KRG delegation left for Tehran
“To complete the security agreement between Iraq and Iran"
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The delegation, which includes Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassem al-Araaji, the KRG Interior Minister Rebar and Head of the Security Service (Asayish) Hiwa
🔻"After the decision of the Federal Court, we can no longer allocate any budget to the Kurdistan Region" said the Iraqi Minister of Finance, Ali Allawi
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🔻The Federal Supreme Court’s decision against the KRG’s oil contracts makes the KRG's oil sales illegal
🔻KRG Minister of Health, Saman Barzanji:
Turkey asked us for medical assistance and today we are sending them 50 tons of medicines and medical supplies.
🔻Slemani Health Directorate:
We are facing a shortage of medicines and medical supplies
Kurdistan Warns Gas Company of Deals With Iraq
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The Kurdistan regional government's Ministry of Natural Resources has warned the United Arab Emirates-based energy firm Dana Gas against any agreement with the Iraqi government to...
🔻 "US provides defense system to Kurdistan Region and no one can stop it"
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Babakr Zebari, military advisor to the Kurdistan Regional President told the KDP website:
🔹 Providing defense systems by the United States and our friends for the Peshmerga forces and the
🔻Bafel Talabani: We did not agree on anything with KDP
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Bafel Talabani, President of the PUK:
"We didn't agree on anything, we just agreed not to have a statement"
Erbil, Baghdad reach agreement on Makhmour after clashes
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Sirwan Barzani, commander of Peshmerga forces in Makhmour, said that the Iraqi army and the Kurdish Peshmerga have reached an agreement on the positions of both forces in Erbil’s disputed Makhmour district
39 parties licensed to participate in Kurdistan parliamentary elections
Hakim Omar Ahmad, Chairman of the Iraqi Independent High Election Commission, told Kurdsat:
So far, 39 political parties have been licensed to participate in the Kurdistan parliamentary elections and 28 days
KRG claims 20% of its electricity production is renewable
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The KRG claimed that 20 percent of the electricity produced in the Kurdistan Region is clean and renewable while affirming that this number is set to increase within the decade.
NRT editor-in-chief missing in Iraq
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Editor-in-chief of NRT English, Colin Ruth has been missing for a week in southern and central Iraq.
Ruth who is a US citizen, was working with NRT and was staying in southern Iraq.
The trade between Iran and Iraq is $9 billion, of which $6 billion came from the Kurdistan Region.
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Trade between Iran and the Kurdistan Region has increased from $2.6 billion in 2019 to $6 billion in 2022, according to the Bolton News.
Three people were killed during the Shno protests
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Amin Marafti, 16, Milan Haghigi, 21, and Sadruddin Litani, 27, three Shno residents who were shot dead by government forces, during the city's demonstrations against the death of Zhina Amini.
KRG oil in the control of three women
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As three women close to the Barzani family, dominate the oil dossier and revenues of the Kurdistan Region and no oil minister can encroach on the power of these three women in Masrour Barzani’s cabinet.
Statistics of companies in the Kurdistan Region
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There are 31,027 companies in the Kurdistan Region
🔹1414 Turkish companies
🔹361 Iranian companies
🔹183 Emirati Companies
🔹178 Lebanese companies
🔹148 British companies
🔹138 American companies
KRG revenue in May was 1.2 trillion dinars
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The total revenue of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in May was 1 trillion 213 billion dinars. Last May, the Kurdistan Region sold 12 million 730 thousand barrels of oil at $100 per barrel...
Middle East Newspaper:
🔻The United States is preparing for a new military operation in the region
🔻Washington clears Iraqi-Syrian border of Iranian-allied militias
🔻The Iraqi Defense Minister's visit to Washington was related to this issue
🔻 Baghdad and Erbil coordinate to stop attacks by armed groups
🔻Armed groups have intensified their attacks on Harir base
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"Baghdad and Erbil are trying to coordinate to counter the attacks of armed groups on US military positions", according to Middle East Newspaper.
🔹Qubad Talabani:
Jutiar Adel is not the KRG spokesman
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The KRG Deputy Prime Minister, Qubad Talabani said in a statement that Jutiar Adel is not the KRG spokesman, "he only represents one party and he cannot speak on behalf of the entire government."
The British Consul General visited Draw Media
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British Consul General David Hunt visited the office of Draw Media in Sulaymaniyah. He declared the British government’s supports for freedom of expression as a fundamental human right.
🔻 Five Komala Party officials left the camp
🔻 The PUK will mediate
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The anti-terror forces of the (PUK) have taken out five leaders of the Komala party, a leftist Kurdish opposition group from Iran, from the camp of Bana GAwra in Zrgoez area.
An informed source
🔻Kirkuk parties have reached an agreement on the distribution of posts
"Governor for PUK, council president for Arab, district commissioner for Turkmen", according to Kurdsat TV.
"PUK ready to resume dialogue with KDP in 2023"
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The (PUK) is open for dialogue with the (KDP) following new year celebrations, said Salar Lalasarhad, member of the PUK’s leadership council.
🔻Masood Barzani and Bafel Talabani will meet
"They will decide on the presidential candidate"
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A source from the (KDP) told
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that Bafel Talabani is scheduled to visit Pirmam today or tomorrow and meet with Massoud Barzani.
In Iraq, the Kurds Are Their Own Worst Enemy
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Kurds were once referred to as kingmakers, a pillar of stability, and the most powerful force in the fight against ISIS. Now, the Kurdish Region of Iraq is crippled by ferocious partisanships, tribal
12 MPs resign from Kurdistan Parliament
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12 representatives in the Parliament of the Kurdistan Region submitted on Sunday their resignation, protesting the decision to extend the Parliament mandate.
KRG delegation will pay another visit to Baghdad in near future
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The Council of Ministers decided that the KRG delegation will pay another visit to Baghdad in the upcoming days to continue negotiations, the KRG said in a press statement.
The freedom of the press in Iraq is declining, with hundreds of journalists facing "arrests, killings, and disappearance," the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights outlined in a report
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"$15 billion worth of goods enter the Kurdistan Region annually from Turkey and Iran", Dara Jalil Khayat the president of the Erbil Chamber of Commerce, and Industry told the VOA.
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Water scarcity threatens lives and development in Iraq
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Iraqi President Latif Rasheed announced that his office is working to establish a top council to be in charge of water policy and the country’s fair share from the twin rivers flowing into Iraq
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's properties will be confiscated
🔻(14) senior officers close to Kazemi have been retired
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🔹After a few days of the decision to retire a number of security officials close to former Iraqi PM Mustafa Al-Kadhimi , the court issued a decision to
Kurdistan Regional Government Revenue for August
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The total revenue of the (KRG) in August after excluding oil expenditures was (970 billion) dinars, while oil revenue was (1 trillion 480 billion) dinars...
🔻The regions and provinces are only producing oil
"Exporting is under the authority of the central government"
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🔹Moein Kazemi, a member of the Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament says: The political parties in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region, have a serious
Investment recession in the PUK controlled areas
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The amount of capital invested in the yellow zone was $9.5 billion with a percentage of (82%), while in the green zone it was $2.1 billion with a percentage of (18%)....
Retiree dies while waiting in the queue to get pension in Erbil
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The Director of Qala Bank in Erbil, blames the Pensioners themselves who like to come early to receive their salaries
A lioness has given birth for the second time in this year in Sulaimani's Chaviland Zoo.
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The lioness has breed twice in less than five months,
On April 19, she gave birth to two cubs, and on September 11 she gave birth to four cubs.
Kurdistan Regional Government's institutions have lost their legitimacy
🔻The PUK is afraid of elections and the KDP has absolute power without supervision
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(Al-Arab) Newspaper
🔹The Kurdistan Region is facing a constitutional crisis, the absence of parliament and
🔻Iraq took advantage of the internal conflicts and weakened the Kurdistan Regional Government
🔻The Kurdistan Region owns (30%) of Iraq's total oil reserves
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THE NEW ARAB website:
"Baghdad, took advantage of the internal conflicts in Kurdistan and took advantage of
🔻Three Badinan detainees released today
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Shvan Saeed, Ayaz Akram and Hariwan Isa have been released today.
Sherwan Sherwani will be released in September and Gohdar Zebari was sentenced to seven more months in prison.
Al-Sadr calls on al-Maliki to quit politics
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Al-Sadr said in a tweet, "I advise him (al-Maliki) to quit politics and ask for god's forgiveness, or surrender himself and the corrupt to the judicial authorities"
APIKUR: Even If the Kurdistan region's oil exports resume, we will not produce oil
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Major oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region say: “Even If the Kurdistan region's oil exports resume, we will not produce oil" until they receive...
🔻Turkey-Iraq water talks failed
Turkey does not supply enough water to Iraq
🔻A Turkish dam has covered more than (50%) of Iraqi water
Zozan Kochar, a member of the Iraqi Parliament's Agriculture, Water, and Marshes Committee revealed that the negotiations between the Iraqi
In Sulaimani, 73% of contractors declared bankruptcy
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Contractors held a press conference and informed the Council of Ministers that their money has been confiscated and 73% of contractors in Sulaimani have become bankrupt.
Three Yezidi candidates won in Nineveh
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Yezidis win three candidates in Nineveh provincial council:
A KDP candidate
A PUK candidate
Another candidate won a 'quota' seat
(63 thousand 277) Yezidis voted.
No crimes reported in Halabja in 2022, police says
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Halabja police department announced on that no crimes had been recorded in the administration during 2022.
Police spokesperson Barzan Othman said in a press conference.
Mohammed Haji Mahmoud:
🔹The Iranian delegation came to discuss border security issues.
🔹They believe that Israel had infiltrated Iran through Kurdish parties.
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KRG Ministry of Interior calls the citizens to hand over their heavy weapons amid the gun eradication campaign.
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The campaign is in the midst of efforts to prevent further gun crimes and avoidance of using arms to decide on the issues, the Ministry of Interior said.
🔻"Guidelines of the Ministry of Culture are contrary to the journalism-law"
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Alina Romanowski, US Ambassador to Iraq, expressed concern about the arrest of journalists and the violations against the journalists in the Kurdistan region, and she believed
In a move that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) calls "Arabization", the governor of Kirkuk, Rakan Jburi, issued a decree calling for the cancellation of food and residence forms of anyone who does not live in Kirkuk province.
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'You don’t solve issues by running away,' says Iraq's KRG PM
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Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the (KRG), says that political and economic disputes should be resolved within the Council of Ministers, not by (PUK) ministers boycotting the government.
Iraqi government oil officials for the first time met with representatives of the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) to discuss the resumption of flows from the embattled export pipeline from Iraq to Turkey...
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US court rules in favor of Masrour Barzani
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According to a court document sent to (Draw Media), the US court in Virginia ruled in favor of Masrour Barzani and rejected the complaint of Shinyar Anwar, a female civil activist...
KRG says Baghdad agreed to enact a hydrocarbons law within 6 months of the government's formation
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A bill on hydrocarbons should be enacted within 6 months of its installation, the spokesperson to the KRG, Jutyar Adil, said on Thursday.
KRG Oil revenues have increased by 42%
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The total oil revenue of the Kurdistan Region in the first quarter of 2022 increased by 42% compared to the first quarter of 2021. In a way that the revenue rose from $2.536 billion to $4.341 billion...
"There is an agreement to resume oil exports"
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told CNN Turk that “Erbil and Baghdad have agreed to resume oil exports from the Kurdistan Region.”
🔻 (700) billion dinars should not be sent to the Kurdistan Region
"We will file a complaint against Rashid and Rafidadin banks"
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The Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament has summoned representatives of Rafidain, Rashid and TBI banks and threatened to sue them
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Population of the Kurdistan Region according to Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Government statistics
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"The difference is 434 thousand people"
Turkish warplanes bombs a bridge, cut the power supply in Duhok
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Turkey's warplanes reportedly bombed sites in the north of the border governorate of Duhok.
Turkish bombardment destroyed a bridge and cut the power supply of 20 villages in the sub-district of Aqra.
Iraq's federal court obliges KRG to abide by the country's unified pension law
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Iraq's supreme federal court has obliged the government of the Kurdistan region to implement the country's unified pension law.
Turkey sent a message to Sulaymaniyah by drone
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After three days of suspending its flights to Sulaimani, Turkey has carried out a drone strike near Sulaimani airport during the return of a senior official from West Kurdistan...
Oil fields in Duhok province and their production capacity
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Out of (57) oil and gas blocks, (18) blocks are located in Duhok province, where (22) companies from (9) foreign countries are exploring and drilling for gas and oil.
🔻 "In the future, all the KRG oil and gas will fall under the control of the Iraqi central government", Farhad Hamza Mohammed, head of the engineering team at North Oil Company, told VOA.
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Zelenskyy : 'We won't put down our weapon'
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says "I'm here" and calls out fake information in a post to social media Saturday morning in Kyiv.
Kurdistan Regional Government:
🔻 We will not abide by any other decision except the agreement we have made with Al-Sudani's government
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"The changes made by some members of the Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament, on 2023/5/25 against the Kurdistan Region,
🔻Our goal with the Kurdistan Regional Government is to implement several projects from oil to natural gas
🔻Today we are in Erbil to discuss current issues, especially cooperation in the field of energy.
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"With the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, our goal is
Tourism boom in Sulaymaniyah generates record-breaking $7.5 million during al-Fitr holidays
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The Directorate of Tourism in Sulaymaniyah announced an unprecedented surge in tourism over the past four days, with more than 75,000 visitors arriving in the city.