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Iraqi Kurdish Businessman Says Not Involved in Gas Export Talks, Region’s Capacity Low

A Kurdish businessman whose home was hit by Iranian ballistic missiles this month has said he is not involved in and has no knowledge of plans to export natural gas from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region to Europe. Baz Karim Barzanji, the CEO of a major domestic energy company called KAR…

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Iraqi Kurdish businessman says not involved in gas export talks, region's capacity low

Reuters

US Imposes Sanctions on Key Actors in Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an Iran-based man and his network of companies it accused of helping Tehran obtain materials for its ballistic missile program, acting after missile attacks by suspected Iranian-backed proxies on countries in the region. In a statement issued as talks on reviving the…

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US sanctions Iranians after missile strikes in Iraq, Gulf

The United States is sanctioning Iranian defense companies and figures after a spate of ballistic missile attacks on targets in Iraq and the Gulf

The Independent UK

Iraqi MPs Try for Third Time to Elect New President

Iraqi lawmakers were Wednesday set to try for a third time to elect a new national president after two previous attempts failed because of boycotts. Half a year after October 2021 legislative elections, Iraq still does not have a new president or prime minister, keeping the war-scarred country in a…

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Chuck Schumer, Jon Stewart demand passage of Gillibrand’s bill granting full benefits to veterans exposed to burn pits

WASHINGTON — When Gina Cancelino’s veteran husband Joe died in 2019 of cancer linked to toxic exposures in Iraq, he was still fighting for benefits at his home in Seaford, Long Island.

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Supreme Court hears case of veteran who lost job as state trooper after returning from Iraq sick from burn pits

Le Roy Torres says the TDPS refused to reassign him to a different role after he returned from deployment sick, forcing him to resign

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US Senate leader vows to bring ‘burn pit’ legislation to a vote

Backed by US veteran groups, bill would provide health benefits for US troops exposed to toxins in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Justices cast doubt on Texas immunity claim in vet's lawsuit

The Supreme Court is casting doubt on Texas’ claim that it can’t be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq

The Independent UK

‘You cannot be American first when you put veterans last’: Jon Stewart calls on Senate to pass burn pits bill

The bill to give access to healthcare and benefits to veterans who are sick and dying from toxic exposure to burn pits passed the House earlier this month and is now heading to the Senate

The Independent UK

'Putin is Hitler': why we use analogies to talk about the Ukraine war, and how they can lead to peace

The war in Ukraine has produced a disorienting array of analogies. Vladimir Putin is Hitler. Volodymyr Zelensky is a Nazi. Ukraine could become like Afghanistan or Korea. Russia should accept its borders, just as post-colonial African countries did. The invasion is no different to what the west did in Iraq.…

The Conversation

Devastation of war in Ukraine ‘repetition of Syria’ and Iraq, says Amnesty

‘What is happening in Ukraine is a repetition of what we have seen in Syria’

The Independent UK

Iraq’s Kurds Face Iranian Resistance to Energy Development, PM Says

The development of oil and gas in Iraq's northern Kurdish region may not be in the interest of major regional energy producer Iran, Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Tuesday. Attacks on the region's capital Erbil and the federal government's legal actions have demonstrated the resistance to development in…

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Iraq's Kurds face Iranian resistance to energy development, PM says

The development of oil and gas in Iraq's northern Kurdish region may not be in the interest of major regional energy producer Iran, Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Tuesday.

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Many in Middle East See Hypocrisy in Western Embrace of Ukraine

Within days of the Russian invasion, Western countries invoked international law, imposed crippling sanctions, began welcoming refugees with open arms and cheered on Ukraine's armed resistance. The response has elicited outrage across the Middle East, where many see a glaring double standard in how the West responds to international conflicts.…

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US Trial Begins for ISIS Militant who Beheaded American Hostages in Iraq, Syria

An alleged member of a group of ISIS militants that beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, faces a US criminal trial beginning on Tuesday. El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, will stand trial in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington, on charges…

The Independent UK

Many in Mideast see hypocrisy in Western embrace of Ukraine

Western countries have invoked international law within days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Reuters

U.S. trial begins for member of Islamic State 'Beatles' cell

An alleged member of a group of Islamic State militants that beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, faces a U.S. criminal trial beginning on Tuesday.

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‘Enforced disappearance’: Iraq’s jailing of Australian Robert Pether is arbitrary detention, UN finds

Pether and colleague Khalid Radwan sentenced to five years’ prison after business dispute with Central Bank of Iraq

Evening Standard

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi praises ‘fantastic ethos’ of grammar schools

The DNA of grammar schools should be spread throughout the system, he said

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Iran Struck Iraq Target over Gas Talks Involving Israel

A nascent plan for Iraq's Kurdistan region to supply gas to Turkey and Europe - with Israeli help - is part of what angered Iran into striking the Kurdish capital Erbil with ballistic missiles this month, Iraqi and Turkish officials say, according to an exclusive Reuters report. The March 13…

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Iraqi Kurdistan Has Energy Capacity to Help Europe, Says Iraqi Kurdish PM

The Kurdish region of northern Iraq has the capacity to make up for at least some of the energy shortfall in Europe, Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Monday. Barzani told an industry conference in Dubai that Kurdistan would soon become an important source of energy. "I am confident…

Reuters

Iran struck Iraq target over gas talks involving Israel - officials

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Aboul Gheit to Asharq Al-Awsat: Iran Uses Arab Crises as Pressure Cards to Confront the West

Arab League Secretary General Ahmad Aboul Gheit said that the possible understanding between the United States and Iran in the ongoing nuclear negotiations in Vienna, “does not end” the Iranian nuclear threat, calling on Tehran to stop its “adventures” on Arab land, and to refrain from using Arab files to…

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Iraq Building Syria Wall to Keep out ISIS Fighters

Iraq is building a concrete wall along part of its border with Syria to stop ISIS group militants from infiltrating, an Iraqi military source said Sunday. In the "first stage" of construction, a wall around "a dozen kilometers (seven miles) long and 3.5 meters (11 feet) high was built in…

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