Month: December 2020
274 posts
PUK to work more to secure Kurdistan’s rights, financial entitlements: co-leader
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Co-president Bafel Talabani said on Thursday that the party would…
Iran’s Zarif says U.S. plotting to fabricate war pretext
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States on Thursday of trying to…
Behavior of Iraqi parties aimed at starving Kurdistan people: Region president
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani said on Thursday that behavior of the Iraqi political forces…
Iraq condemns attack on Yemen’s Aden airport
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq’s foreign ministry on Thursday condemned the attack on Aden airport in Yemen, which killed…
OPEC+ oil output cut compliance at 101% in November – sources
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The OPEC+ group of oil producers fully complied with supply cuts in November, Reuters cited…
Coalition funded $5 billion for support of Iraqi and Kurdish forces since 2014
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The U.S.-led Coalition forces have funded more than $5 billion of support to equip and…
U.S. military bracing for possible attack on its personnel, interests in Iraq: officials
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The U.S. military is bracing for a possible attack on American personnel and interests in…
ISIS bus ambush Kills 28 soldiers in Syria – report
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Twenty-eight people were killed in an attack on a bus along a main highway in…
Oil prices fall as lockdowns weigh, market eyes more stimulus
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Oil prices dropped on Thursday as strict coronavirus lockdowns paralyzed much of the global economy.…
Turkish prosecutors indict Demirtas, others over Kobani protests – report
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Turkish prosecutors have prepared an indictment against 108 people, including jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas,…
Iraq signs $2.6 billion deal with S. Korea’s Daewoo to build first phase of Faw port
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq agreed a $2.625 billion deal with South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction (047040.KS) on…
Trump pardon of Blackwater Iraq contractors violates international law: U.N.
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The United Nations said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s pardon of four American…