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Iraqi Kurdistan imports about 184,000 cars in 2025, ministry says
A truck carrying cars being imported into Iraq, 2025. Photo: Rudaw ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Vehicle imports into Iraq’s Kurdistan Region...
Iraq and Kurdistan face fiscal challenges from massive government jobs
People protest in Sulaimani city against Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over unpaid salaries and corruption, January 17, 2016. Photo:...
Kurdistan’s markets “clinically dead” amid delayed salaries, economist says
Some elderly Kurdish retirees count the cash from their long-delayed pensions, while others wait in line in Sulaimani city, Iraqi...
Kurdistan did not deliver any oil to Iraq, SOMO says
Ali Nazar Faeq, Director General of the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), 2025. Photo: ina.iq BAGHDAD,— Iraq’s national oil marketing...
Kurdistan agreed to hand over oil to SOMO, Iraq government says
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani (left) holds a cabinet meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 17, 2025. Photo: The...
Iraqi Kurdistan’s 2024 revenue hits $12.9 billion, 87% from oil, CNN reports
Caretaker Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masrour Barzani, with a CNN reporter in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, June 10,...
Iraq’s natural resources, including Kurdistan, worth over $16 trillion: official
Mazhar Mohammed Salih, advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, May 2025. Photo: INA/ina.iq BAGHDAD,— Iraq holds natural resources...
Iraqi Kurdistan oil revenue exceeds $2.7 billion in 2024: NGO watchdog
Illustrative photo: iKurd.net/ai Iraqi Kurdistan generated a total net profit of $2.72 billion from oil sales, according to an annual...
Salaries for Kurdistan region employees fully funded for 2024, Iraqi finance minister says
Iraq’s Finance Minister Taif Sami, 2024. Photo: Iraq’s Finance Ministry/mof.gov.iq Kurdistan has not delivered the region’s oil and non-oil revenues...
Kurdistan’s agricultural sales to Iraq reach 1.3 million tons in 2024
A farmer selling tomatoes and vegetables in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, July 2023. Photo: Rudaw ERBIL,— In 2024, farmers in the...
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