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Smoke rising from an Iranian strike in Doha on March 1, 2026. Photo: AFP
06-04-2026

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

An oil field in Iraq. File Photo: AFP
06-04-2026

Can Iraq produce 4.5 million barrels of oil per day?

An oil field. File photo: AFP
05-04-2026

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

Sarsang oil field in Duhok province, March 2025. Photo: Mahmood Baban
02-04-2026

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

File photo of Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani.
01-04-2026

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

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

How one month of war silenced Gulf ports

Omar Ahmed. Photo: Rudaw

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

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

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

Iran’s power grid on the brink

Dr. Jan Ilhan Kizilhan. Graphic: Rudaw

Kurdish thinkers in trouble? The Kurdish question in Turkey

Devendra Kumar. Graphic: Rudaw

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

Energy strikes shake global markets despite scarcity in Iran war