Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived on a working visit to the Iraqi capital Baghdad and is expected to meet with President Abdul Latif Rashid and Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani

The US will withdraw most troops from Iraq over the next two years, but will leave a small residual force in the northern Kurdistan region, according to a plan negotiated by US and Iraqi officials

The Iraq-Gulf electricity link will be operational by the end of 2024, the Minister of Electricity announced, while Iraq's energy links with Jordan and Turkey have already been completed

OPEC Secretariat has received an updated compensation plan from Iraq for excess oil volumes produced in the first seven months of 2024

The country plans to build five new thermal power plants to add 10.000 megawatts to its electricity grid; the new power plants will be closed-cycle thus able to run on different fuels