As attested by Article 113 of the Iraqi Constitution, Iraqi Kurdistan is the only region which has gained official recognition internationally as an autonomous federal entity. The governorates of Duhok , Erbil and Suleimaniya form the current Kurdistan Region. The population comes up to 3.3 million over an area of 80,000 square kilometers, and composed [...]

American troops have withdrawn from Iraqi cities, and US President Barack Obama has warned that Iraq faces difficult days ahead. While the US president congratulated Iraq on its important step that is being celebrated as a national holiday of sovereignty and unity, he reminds the country that violence will continue in Iraq as it takes [...]

The invitation applies to big-time developers and financiers, that is. Major industry players the world over will definitely be enticed by the country’s proven reserves of 115 billion barrels, the third largest in the world after Saudi Arabia and Iran. Millions of barrels more lie undiscovered.
Unlike Saudi Arabia and Iran where the respective oil industries [...]