<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash - Former Freelancer:Iraq]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash - Former Freelancer:Iraq]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APzcjp2Fb7A/kadhim-ajrash</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Kadhim Ajrash - Former Freelancer:Iraq</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APzcjp2Fb7A/kadhim-ajrash</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:26:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APzcjp2Fb7A/kadhim-ajrash.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Talks With Oil Firms Hit Snag, Delaying Kurdistan Exports]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-03/iraq-talks-with-oil-firms-hit-snag-delaying-kurdistan-exports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-03/iraq-talks-with-oil-firms-hit-snag-delaying-kurdistan-exports</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:38:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kurdistan Oil Exports May Resume Within Week: Iraq Minister]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/kurdistan-oil-exports-may-resume-within-week-iraq-minister-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/kurdistan-oil-exports-may-resume-within-week-iraq-minister-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:49:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Says Extending Output Cuts Is Decision for OPEC]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-12/iraq-says-extending-oil-output-cuts-is-a-decision-for-opec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-12/iraq-says-extending-oil-output-cuts-is-a-decision-for-opec</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 10:56:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifu33hjZeqY0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifu33hjZeqY0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>West Qurna oil field is seen in this aerial view, near the city of Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Says It Won’t Agree to More OPEC+ Oil Output Cuts]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-11/iraq-won-t-agree-to-renew-oil-output-cuts-in-next-opec-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-11/iraq-won-t-agree-to-renew-oil-output-cuts-in-next-opec-meeting</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 10:58:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isaaHNKR7Mtw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isaaHNKR7Mtw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An oil field and facility near Iraq&apos;s southern port city of Basra..</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Says Resuming Kurdish Oil Exports Will ‘Take Some Time’]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/iraq-says-resuming-kurdistan-oil-exports-will-take-some-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/iraq-says-resuming-kurdistan-oil-exports-will-take-some-time</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:23:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYkPX2YX57ow/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYkPX2YX57ow/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker at an oil refinery in Kurdistan.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq to Reap Up to 4.5 Million Tons of Local Wheat This Year]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-06/iraq-to-reap-up-to-4-5-million-tons-of-local-wheat-this-year</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-06/iraq-to-reap-up-to-4-5-million-tons-of-local-wheat-this-year</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 16:15:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKzRUZOPMbkw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKzRUZOPMbkw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>TOPSHOT - Bapir Kalkani, an Iraqi Kurdish agricultural trade unionist, inspects his wheat farm in the Rania district near the Dukan reservoir, northwest of Iraq&apos;s northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah in the autonomous Kurdistan region on July 2, 2022, which has been experiencing bouts of drought due to a mix of factors including lower rainfall and diversion of inflowing rivers from Iran. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Says No Deal Yet With Turkey on Resuming Ceyhan Oil Flows]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-03/iraq-says-no-deal-yet-with-turkey-on-resuming-ceyhan-oil-flows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-03/iraq-says-no-deal-yet-with-turkey-on-resuming-ceyhan-oil-flows</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 13:42:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Says ‘Technical’ Matters Holding Back Oil From Turkey]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-26/iraq-says-technical-matters-holding-back-oil-flows-from-turkey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-26/iraq-says-technical-matters-holding-back-oil-flows-from-turkey</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 15:22:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kurdish Oil Exports Stay Halted as Iraq Negotiates With Turkey]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-12/kurdish-oil-exports-stay-halted-as-iraq-negotiates-with-turkey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-12/kurdish-oil-exports-stay-halted-as-iraq-negotiates-with-turkey</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:43:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baghdad, Iraqi Kurdistan Sign Deal Aimed at Restarting Oil Flows]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-04/baghdad-iraqi-kurdistan-sign-deal-aimed-at-restarting-oil-flows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-04/baghdad-iraqi-kurdistan-sign-deal-aimed-at-restarting-oil-flows</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 10:58:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq to Announce Supplementary Bidding Round for Mansuriya Field]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-19/iraq-to-announce-supplementary-bidding-round-for-mansuriya-field</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-19/iraq-to-announce-supplementary-bidding-round-for-mansuriya-field</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 13:16:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Plans to Start Expanding Oil Export Capacity From Next Year]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-27/iraq-plans-to-start-expanding-oil-export-capacity-from-next-year</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-27/iraq-plans-to-start-expanding-oil-export-capacity-from-next-year</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 10:40:36 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ig7JvtG0HDlw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ig7JvtG0HDlw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>West Qurna oil field is seen in this aerial view, near the city of Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Appoints New Oil Minister After Yearlong Political Impasse]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-27/iraq-appoints-new-oil-minister-after-yearlong-political-impasse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-27/iraq-appoints-new-oil-minister-after-yearlong-political-impasse</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:51:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipeuP23ibC.s/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipeuP23ibC.s/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ministers of the new Iraqi government sworn in during the parliamentary session in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 27. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Court Rejects Bid to Dissolve Parliament, Risking Unrest]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-07/iraq-court-rejects-bid-to-dissolve-parliament-risking-unrest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-07/iraq-court-rejects-bid-to-dissolve-parliament-risking-unrest</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:13:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iR6G6YZpX1jM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iR6G6YZpX1jM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>TOPSHOT - Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr gives a speech in Iraq&apos;s central holy shrine city of Najaf on August 30, 2022. - Iraqi supporters of powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr began withdrawing from Baghdad&apos;s Green Zone on August 30 after he demanded fighting end between rival Shiite forces and the army that left 23 dead and hundreds wounded. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP) (Photo by QASSEM AL-KAABI/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renewed Unrest in Iraq Leaves Oil Traders on Edge Over Supply]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/deadly-clashes-in-baghdad-yet-to-hit-iraq-s-oil-production</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/deadly-clashes-in-baghdad-yet-to-hit-iraq-s-oil-production</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kadhim Ajrash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:10:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deadly Turmoil Erupts in Iraq After Top Cleric’s Resignation]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/deadly-clashes-erupt-over-cleric-in-iraq-iran-closes-border</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/deadly-clashes-erupt-over-cleric-in-iraq-iran-closes-border</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arsalan Shahla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:18:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.fUFRdUFI6g/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.fUFRdUFI6g/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Iraqi security forces fire tear gas on the followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr inside the government Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Al-Sadr, a hugely influential Shiite cleric announced he will resign from Iraqi politics and his angry followers stormed the government palace in response. The chaos Monday sparked fears that violence could erupt in a country already beset by its worst political crisis in years. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Says It’s Ready to Buy Exxon’s West Qurna-1 Oil Field Stake]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-19/iraq-says-it-s-ready-to-buy-exxon-s-west-qurna-1-oil-field-stake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-19/iraq-says-it-s-ready-to-buy-exxon-s-west-qurna-1-oil-field-stake</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 11:33:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Says May Make Decision on Halliburton Gas Deal in May]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-16/iraq-halliburton-deal-on-gas-to-be-decided-after-eid-holiday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-16/iraq-halliburton-deal-on-gas-to-be-decided-after-eid-holiday</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2022 16:23:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2BZUYuWB2vY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2BZUYuWB2vY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A picture taken on April 17, 2017 shows flames rising from the burning of excess oil at the West Qurna-2 oilfield, west of Basra in southern Iraq. Photographer: HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq’s Oil Exports to Stay Steady This Month, Rise in February]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-23/iraq-says-oil-exports-to-stay-steady-month-rise-in-february</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-23/iraq-says-oil-exports-to-stay-steady-month-rise-in-february</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:05:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in0SC2BbREfA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in0SC2BbREfA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>West Qurna oil field is seen in this aerial view, near the city of Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Approves Sale of Exxon Oil Field Stake to State Firm]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-05/iraq-government-approves-of-buying-exxon-stake-in-huge-oil-field</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-05/iraq-government-approves-of-buying-exxon-stake-in-huge-oil-field</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Al Ansary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:21:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iN4sqDfskFhc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iN4sqDfskFhc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Esso Fawley Oil Refinery, operated by Exxon Mobil Corp. in Fawley, near Southampton, U.K., on Monday, Sep., 27, 2021. The U.K. government took emergency measures late Sunday to try to ease acute fuel shortages across the country, as gasoline retailers shut pumps after days of panic buying.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>