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To develop oil fields retaken from Kurds

Kirkuk - Muslimchronicle

Iraq signed a contract Thursday with British energy giant BP aimed at more than doubling production from oil fields in the northern province of Kirkuk that were retaken from the Kurds last year. The agreement was signed by Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaybi in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, where the North Oil Company has its headquarters, AFP reporters said. Iraqi forcesRead more

Militants shelled anti-terror patrol in Kirkuk

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Two Iraqi intelligence officers were killed Wednesday in an armed attack in Kirkuk, a security source told Alsumaria News. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire at two intelligence agents on a road leading to Shoraw neighborhood in Kirkuk, killing them immediately,” the source said. “A security force carried the bodies to the forensic medicine department and a probe was launched into theRead more

Political parties eye Kurdish vote ahead of Iraqi elections

Kirkuk - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 2018, while the crisis in relations between Baghdad and Erbil — which was the result of the Kurdistan region’s referendum for separation from Iraq —remains unresolved as sanctions imposed by the Iraqi central government on the region are still in place. In the years following the fall of Saddam’s regime in 2003, IraqiRead more

Iraq invites bids for new oil pipeline

BAGHDAD - Muslimchronicle

Iraq has given foreign energy companies a month to signal their interest in building a new export pipeline from the Kirkuk oilfields in the north of the country. The new pipeline will replace an old and severely damaged section of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline. It will start from oilfields near Kirkuk and extend to the Fish-Khabur border area with Turkey. Iraq'sRead more

5 killed in IS ambush in northern Iraq

KIRKUK - Muslimchronicle

Five people including a police officer were killed Sunday in an ambush by Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk, a police source told Xinhua. The incident took place when IS militants set up a fake checkpoint on a road connecting the town of Ryadh and Hawijah in southwestern part of Kirkuk province, and intercepted a carRead more

Huge bombing hits Iraqi Baghdad injuring two civilians

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi forces denied, on Thursday, claims made by officials in Kurdistan, Iraq, regarding the arrival of US forces to the disputed Kirkuk. Erbil, however, insisted on the announcement. Iraq’s Joint Operations Command said in a statement, Thursday, that some media outlets talked about the advance of US forces in Kirkuk, reporting sources from Kurdistan, Iraq. Yet, the command denied theRead more

Iraq to build new oil pipeline to Turkey

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Iraq is to build a new pipeline to allow oil exports to resume from the northern province of Kirkuk to neighbouring Turkey, the oil ministry said Sunday. Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaybi has ordered documents to be prepared towards building the new pipeline to "transport crude oil from Kirkuk's oilfields to the port of Ceyhan" in Turkey, a ministry spokesman saidRead more

Bahrain condemns Kirkuk terror blast

Manama - Muslimchronicle

Bahrain condemned the explosion of a truck bomb in the city of Kirkuk in Iraq, which resulted in the death and injury of a number of people. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims and wished speedy recovery to all those injured due to the terrorist act. It affirmed solidarity with Iraq andRead more

Car bomb kills 21 in town north of Baghdad

Kirkuk - Muslimchronicle

A car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens in a flashpoint town north of Baghdad on Tuesday, a security official told AFP. Tuz Khurmatu, home to a mixed Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen population, was the scene of deadly violence in mid-October when Iraqi forces retook it from Kurdish control in response to a Kurdish independence referendum. Read more

Iraq’s top court declares Kurd referendum unconstitutional

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Iraq's supreme court on Monday declared that September's referendum on independence in the autonomous Kurdish areas in the north of the country was unconstitutional. A statement said the court "rendered a decision declaring unconstitutional the referendum held on September 25, 2017 in Iraqi Kurdistan... and cancelling all the consequences and results that resulted". Monday's legal move was the latest stageRead more