The Iraqi State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) announced on Wednesday that it has sold limited quantities of oil through Basra ports this month, noting that crude exported via the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline is fetching high prices amid global energy shortages caused by restrictions at the Strait of Hormuz.

Iraq’s Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari announced on Wednesday that the government has signed a contract to supply the federal interior ministry with advanced anti-drone systems to protect key institutions of the ministry, adding that the Kurdistan Region will not be included in the measure. The move comes amid ongoing regional instability.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi Oil Ministry announced on Tuesday that it has increased the strategic reserve of cooking gas by 30,000 tons, citing the resumption of operations at a key field and higher refinery output that have boosted liquefied gas supplies amid ongoing shortages across the country.

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