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Heritage Oil Ltd., an energy company with operations in Russia and the Middle East, said Tuesday it will buy the privately held oil producer Genel Enerji AS of Turkey for stock worth more than 3 billion Canadian dollars ($2.7 billion). Heritage, which...
Tags: Heritage Oil, Genel Enerji AS, Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey, İstanbul, Iraqi Kurdistan, Fertile Crescent, Mercenaries, Tony Buckingham, Business Finance
The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullout next year. There are only a couple of days left for parliament to address...
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A recent meeting between Iraq�s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdish President Massoud Barzani appears to be a crucial step in lowering tensions in the country, but it has also prompted questions as to whether the two leaders can put an end to their...
Tags: Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi Parliament, Baghdad, Massoud Barzani, U.S, Nouri al-Maliki, kurdish leaders, KRG, Washington, Jalal Talabani, Iraq, Mosul, Government of Iraq, Kurdish people, Peshmerga, Fertile Crescent, Politics of Iraq, Politics
The political geography of the modern Middle East has been affected for one hundred years by the appetite of westerners and other outsiders for the region's hydrocarbons. On Monday, the region's "pipeline politics" took another step forward with the signing...
Tags: Turkey, Nabucco, Iraq, Muslim Middle East, Arab Middle East, Middle Eastern, Iran, nabucco project, AKP, Azerbaijan, Ankara, Kurdistan, Nebuchadnezzar II, Kurdish people, Nabucco pipeline, Fertile Crescent, Iraqi Kurdistan, Politics
DTP conditionally ready to talk Selahattin Demirtaş, the parliamentary group leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), said it would be easier for the DTP to take responsibility during the democratization process if the government sent...
Tags: DTP, Belgium, Brussels, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Nurettin Demirtaᅤ゚, Fatma Kurtulan, Democratic Society Party, Socialist International, Iraqi Kurdistan, Politics
In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan , the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity...
Tags: Iraqi Federal Supreme Court, Iraqi Parliament, AP Photo/Iraqi Government, U.S. Fears Iraq Development, elections law, Nouri al-Maliki, prime minister, Iraq, Baghdad, Iraqi insurgency, Levant, Post-invasion Iraq 2003¬タモpresent, Reconstruction of Iraq, Iraq ¬タモ United States relations, Politics of Iraq, Occupation of Iraq, Politics, Ali al-Sistani, Nouri al-Maliki, U.S.¬タモIraq Status of Forces Agreement, Government of Iraq from, Jalal Talabani, Iraq War, Fertile Crescent, Geography of Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdish people, Tariq Al-Hashimi, Veto, Government of Iraq, Iraqi legislative election, Maliki
Political stability in Iraq is not a necessary factor for U.S. efforts to move forward with the responsible withdrawal of its combat forces, scholars say. Despite the looming threat from a veto over amendments to a 2005 election law, several measures...
Tags: U.S, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Kirkūk, Kirkuk Governorate, Fertile Crescent, Kirkuk, Politics, War Conflict, Iraq ¬タモ United States relations, Kurdish people, Peter W. Galbraith, invasion of Iraq, Politics of Iraq
In talks likely to result in millions of dollars in penalties, executives from the company, now known as Xe Services, are negotiating with government regulators over years of violations of export laws. According to government officials and former company...
Tags: State Department, Iraq, Baghdad, International Peace Operations Association, Mercenaries, War Conflict, Blackwater Worldwide, Private military contractors, Currituck County North Carolina, Business Finance, Politics, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Iraqi Kurdistan, Blackwater Worldwide arms smuggling allegations, Law Crime
The decision of a private school, Königin-Luise-Stiftung, to host the Iranian ambassador to Germany, Ali Reza Sheikh Attar, Monday for a German-Iranian Teacher's Conference prompted protests from groups critical of Iran's human rights record and its anti-Israeli...
Tags: Frank Olie, human rights, Germany, Berlin, Kurdish people, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran, Fertile Crescent, Ethnic groups in Iran, Ethnic groups in the Arab League, Education
Washington backs Turkish efforts to control Kurdish guerrillas as part of a broader counter-terrorism effort, the U.S...FBI Director Robert Mueller met with top Turkish security officials during an official visit to Ankara to discuss counter-terrorism...
Tags: FBI, Robert Mueller, Ankara, Turkey, Turkey¬タモKurdistan Workers' Party conflict, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers' Party, October 2007 clashes in Hakkari, Politics, Foreign relations of Turkey, War Conflict, Terrorism