Iraq’s federal court rejects lawsuit filed against Erbil-US multi-billion-dollar energy deals 

The lawsuit had demanded "a ruling declaring the contracts the [Kurdistan] Region signed with American oil companies regarding the development of the Miran and Topkhana-Kurdamir fields, dated May 19, 2025, unconstitutional, null and void

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PM Barzani launches landmark Erbil water supply project

The landmark Erbil Water Supply Emergency Project provides drinking water to residents of 33 neighborhoods at its first stage, all of whom had been gripped by severe water shortage in the past. 

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Fresh drone attacks on Duhok’s Tawke oil field, Erbil

Both attacks involved bomb-laden drones, with Kurdistan Counter-Terrorism asserting that no human or material damage was inflicted by the unmanned aerial vehicles.

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‘Preliminary agreement’ reached between Erbil, Baghdad over salary issue: KRG spokesperson

“There is a preliminary agreement between Erbil and Baghdad to hand over oil and non-oil revenues" to Iraq, so the federal government will begin disbursing salaries of Kurdistan Region’s civil servants,  Peshawa Hawramani told The New Region.

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Two bomb-laden drones target Erbil’s Khurmala oil field

No casualties resulted from the attack on Monday evening, which marks the latest in a string of mysterious hostile drone activities in the Kurdistan Region.

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KDP, PUK agree on intensifying efforts to resolve Erbil-Baghdad financial disputes

High-profile officials from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) agreed that "all efforts must be intensified toward resolving the issue and the provision of the Region's financial entitlements and salaries."

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Another drone shot down in Erbil

Ahmed Hoshyar, director of the Erbil International Airport, told The New Region that no projectiles had fallen into the compound, and confirmed that the attack did not disrupt any scheduled flights.

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Iraqi committee starts work to solve Kurdistan Region’s salary crisis

The committee has been tasked with studying the drafts put forth by the two governments, holding meetings with relevant parties on both sides, and then submitting recommendations to the Iraqi Council of Ministers based on their findings to help the council make a final decision

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PM Barzani, Mashhadani stress Erbil’s funds 'must not be mixed’ with political disputes

Prime Minister Barzani and Iraq's parliament speaker Mashhadani "agreed that the matter of salaries must not be mixed with problems and political rivalries whatsoever, and that the Kurdistan Region’s civil servants should not pay the price of such disputes."

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