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Iraq’s oil output is expected to reach five million barrels per day by end-2017 (Reuters) Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq has announced signing an agreement with the U.S. firm Orion to invest in natural gas extracted from an oilfield, located south of Iraq, and tu into usable fuel.The memorandum of understanding signed between the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the U.S. firm representatives allows building facilities to capture the gas from Nahr bin Omar oilfield in Basra province, Reuters reported. The ministry has not revealed yet the volume of investments in the oilfield or the expected revenues. Earlier this month, the ministry announced reaching an agreement Orion to invest in the associated natural gas from the southe oilfield, operated by the state-run Basra Oil Company, which produces more than 40,000 barrels of crude oil and 25 million cubic feet of gas daily. This came after the minister Jabbar al-Luaibi urged the US oil companies to compete for the investment projects offered by the ministry. In November, the ministry called on inteational companies to bid for investments to look for, develop and produce oil and gas in nine regions in Iraq. Iraq has oil reserves of aro, ...ادامه مطلب

Representational photo. Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) A drone has been downed above govemental building in central Kirkuk, a security source said on Friday. Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, “a drone that was flying above govemental buil, ...ادامه مطلب

Peshmerga soldiers. Erbil (IraqiNews.com) Peshmerga has denied news over being granted 48 hours by the federal govement in Baghdad to leave Kirkuk. Speaking to the Russian Sputnik agency on Friday, Jabbar Yawar, secretary general of the Peshmerga Ministry, responded to a question whether the Kurdish troops were given 48 hours to leave Kirkuk, saying “there is nothing official in this regard. “I believe this might have taken place between a commander and local leader, but on the level of the higher command of federal troops, the commander in chief of federal troops or the Joint Operations Command, nothing happened in this regard. Everyone was saying that we are not going to use any military force to threaten Kurdistan regions, especially Kirkuk. We don’t have intentions for this,” Yawar said. Earlier on the day, Sputnik reported that Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi ordered to halt security advancement into Kirkuk for 48 hours after Peshmerga lowered their flags and emptied their barracks in Taza and Bashir villages. Later, The Iraqi Interior Ministry Qassim al-Aaraji denied, in remarks, military operations in Kirkuk, indicating re-deployment of troops in the wake of eradication of Islamic State there. Moreover, Peshmerga denied evacuating positions in Kirkuk and withdrawing in the face of advancing Iraqi troops, saying they were only rearranging their deployment. Abadi denied Thursday waings by Kurdistan officials that his govement was preparing for a military operat, ...ادامه مطلب

Members of the pro-opposition Rahman Legion. Rif Dimashq (Syria News) The opposition’s Rahman Legion managed, on Sunday, to foil a Syrian army offensive on the town of Ayn Tarma, in Rif Dimashq, Qasioun News reported. Rahman Legion (Faylaq al-Rahman) has announced in an official statement that its troops managed to kill several soldiers belonging to the army’s 4th brigade, in the outskirts of , ...ادامه مطلب

Fire rises from oil wells, set ablaze by Islamic State militants before fleeing the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq, which has been recaptured by Iraqi forces, August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State has set oil wells in southwest of Kirkuk on fire to hinder advance of security troops, hours after the launch of offensives to liberate the group’s hold, ...ادامه مطلب

The artillery of Peshmerga forces. File photo. Erbil (IraqiNews.com) The Kurdish Peshmerga troops said it will not take part in liberation of Hawija, the Islamic State’s holdout in southweste Kirkuk. “Iraqi troops will not advance from the common borders with Peshmerga to liberate Hawija,” Lt.Gen.Jabbar Yawar, secretary general of the Kurdistan Regional Govement’s Peshmerga Ministry, sa, ...ادامه مطلب

Representational photo. Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Local sources informed that the self-proclaimed Islamic State militants shot down, on Monday, a helicopter belonging to the Syrian regime, in the weste countryside of Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported. The sources revealed that the Islamic State shot down a Syrian regime helicopter in the town of Shamitia, near the Euphrates bank, in the easter, ...ادامه مطلب

Peshmerga soldiers. Erbil (IraqiNews.com) A prominent Kurdish official has said Baghdad cannot start the offensives to liberate Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk, without coordination with Peshmerga. “The central govement in Baghdad will not be able to start the Hawija offensive without coordination with Peshmerga,” Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Peshmerga Ministry, Maj.Gen. Qaraman Shei, ...ادامه مطلب

computers (representational photo) Annah (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants have closed down cyber cafes at their weste Anbar haven, arresting all young clients inside, a source was quoted saying as the province anticipates imminent military action to drive out the extremist group. The security source told Alghad Press that the militants closed the cafes in the towns of Annah and Rawa, , ...ادامه مطلب

A car bomb explosion. File Photo Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was killed, while another was injured in a bomb blast in east of the capital Baghdad. “A bomb, planted inside a car, exploded in al-Mashtal region, east of Baghdad, leaving one person injured and another killed,” a security source told Baghdad Today on Tuesday. “Security troops cordoned off the blast spot. Ambulance transferre, ...ادامه مطلب

Diyala province council’s building. Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Diyala province council voted Tuesday against partaking in the Kurdistan Region’s referendum on independence from Iraq, further adding to the conflict between Baghdad and Erbil over the legitimacy of the vote and the territories included. Council member Samira al-Zebeidi told Almaalomah website that 18 members voted against participati, ...ادامه مطلب

Peshmerga forces. Erbil (IraqiNews.com) The Peshmerga troops have denied conflicts with the federal govement in Baghdad over liberation of Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk, a Kurdish official said, expressing astonishment for not involving the troops in the liberation plans. Lt.Gen.Jabbar Yawar, secretary general of the Kurdistan Regional Govement’s Peshmerga Ministry, denied news circulated in, ...ادامه مطلب

A security checkpoint in Diyala Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) A soldier was killed, while another was wounded as a booby-trapped vehicle exploded at a checkpoint in Salahuddin province, a security source said. “A booby-trapped vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded on Sunday at a checkpoint near al-Alam town in Salahuddin,” the source told Mawazin News on Sunday. “The blast left a police conscript killed and another injured,” the source said adding that the victim was transferred to forensic medicine department, while the wounded was taken to hospital for treatment. Pivotal regions that , ...ادامه مطلب

Iraq’s Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq will completely cease the buing of associated petroleum gas (APG) by 2021, Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi said in statements on Monday. Luaibi told Russian network RT that Iraq has been buing 55% of its production of associa, ...ادامه مطلب

U.S. troops. File photo. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell has denied news on killing and injuring of U.S. service members during combat operations or due to being targeted by Islamic State militants. In a statement on Monday, the WMC said a missile was shot killing, ...ادامه مطلب