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An Iraqi oil worker speaks on a radio at an oil refinery in the southern town of Nasiriyah, Iraq October 30, 2015. File photo: AFP

The largest collapse of Iraq’s oil sector in modern history

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Hormuz during. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/AFP/File

Beyond the chokepoint: the multi-billion-dollar race to bypass the Strait of Hormuz

$100 notes. Photo: AFP

A prime minister with the authority of over $7 billion annually

A Maersk containership near Dubai. Photo: file/AFP

Shadows of war: How global food shortages are fueling the cost-of-living surge

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US dollars. Photo: AFP

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Why dollar flows to Iraq have dropped?

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine speaks as a map of the Strait of Hormuz is displayed during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026. Photo: AFP

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Iran at a crossroads: Deal with US or oil shutdown?

A boat sails in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz off Khasab in Oman's northern Musandam peninsula in June 2025 AFP file photo

11-04-2026

Will the ceasefire normalize vessel transit through the Strait of Hormuz?

US Vice President JD Vance disembarks from Air Force Two after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad on April 11, 2026. File photo: AFP

11-04-2026

Energy shocks and the high-stakes diplomacy of Vice President Vance

Erbil International Airport. File photo: Rudaw

09-04-2026

38 days of Iran war cost Kurdistan airports an estimated over $400 million

A file picture shows Iraqi oil employee checking pipelines at the Bai Hassan oil field, Kirkuk. AFP

01-04-2026

From Hormuz to Damascus, Ankara: New routes for regional oil, gas being explored

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The global food crisis

A motorboat cruises on the Strait of Hormuz with a tanker seen in the background, on February 25, 2026. Photo: Fadel Senna / AFP

11-03-2026

The 2026 Iran war, the bankrupting of regional stability

A navy vessel sailing in the Strait of Hormuz on March 1, 2026. Photo: Sahar al Attar / AFP

06-03-2026

The regional cost of war

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