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Smoke rising from an Iranian strike in Doha on March 1, 2026. Photo: AFP

Chaos as strategy: the false promise of stability in the Middle East

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An oil field in Iraq. File Photo: AFP

Can Iraq produce 4.5 million barrels of oil per day?

An oil field. File photo: AFP

Oil at a crossroads: what will a barrel cost in 2026?

Sarsang oil field in Duhok province, March 2025. Photo: Mahmood Baban

Oil production in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region: Before the war and now

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File photo of Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani.

Sohan Aydogan

Why did the attack on Nechirvan Barzani’s residence ring an alarm bell in Iraq?

Workers at an oil refinery in Iraq. File photo: AP

Mahmood Baban

Sold in days, paid in Months: Why Iraq does not see its oil money directly

A yacht sails past a plume of smoke rising from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. Photo: Fadel Senna / AFP

Omar Ahmed

How one month of war silenced Gulf ports

Omar Ahmed. Photo: Rudaw

Omar Ahmed

Twenty-eight months, three wars, one bill

A boat approaches the St Kitt's and Nevis-flagged container ship Marsa Victory while crusing in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Khasab in Oman’s northern Musandam peninsula on June 25, 2025. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace / AFP

Mahmood Baban

Vessel arrivals in the Strait of Hormuz: who is transporting Iraq's oil?

Omar Ahmed and Iran's Damavand power plant. Graphic: Rudaw

Omar Ahmed

Iran’s power grid on the brink

Dr. Jan Ilhan Kizilhan. Graphic: Rudaw

Jan Ilhan Kizilhan

Kurdish thinkers in trouble? The Kurdish question in Turkey

Devendra Kumar. Graphic: Rudaw

Devendra Kumar

The digital pulse: Mapping security perception and resilience in the Kurdistan Region

Mahmood Baban with underlay of the Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar's principal site for production of liquefied natural gas and gas-to-liquid, Doha, February 6, 2017. File photo: AFP/ Graphic: Rudaw

Mahmood Baban

Energy strikes shake global markets despite scarcity in Iran war

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