iraq, Tag

We should not be surprised to learn that the BBC are using this junk science to launch a new series, which doubtless will peddle more lies and misinformation:

Iraqi minister and International Energy Agency chief urge countries to move away from fossil fuel dependency

To meet climate targets and avoid economic collapse, countries such as Iraq need international support in the transition to clean energy

Cartel may cut up to 800,000 barrels a day from market as global economy falters

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Studio Libeskind just unveiled their design for The Kurdistan Museum in Erbil, Iraq. The new building will be made up of four interlocking volumes that represent the regions of Kurdistan - Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The...

The birthplace of civilization has struggled through some tough times in recent years. The Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, the Iraq War, and now the conflict with ISIS have seriously damaged Iraq's infrastructure and undermined...

Builders in Iraq have their sight on the sky. AMBS architects have designed a 1,152 meter tall skyscraper-structure called The Bride. The name of the skyscraper is inspired by the location in which it is set to be built,...

World oil markets have responded with surprising resilience in the face of uncertainty, but are prices set to rocket?

In a week that witnessed Bill Shorten's humour, a war on budget naysayers and a double dissolution trigger, Joe Hockey said it all when he explained why politics is like a box of chocolates

West's co-optation of Gulf states' jihadists created the neocon's best friend: an Islamist FrankensteinFollowing the bulk of western reporting on the Iraq crisis, you'd think the self-styled 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria'...

The intersecting swirls of Zaid Bin Talib's Embassy of Iraq in Oslo create an interesting play of animated forms. The skin provides gradual and discrete connections between different parts of the building. The two polarized...

The continuing conflict in Syria, and the slow spread of violence in the region around it, continue to make it difficult to make accurate predictions about the future of oil exports from the region...

Federal and regional governments locked in bitter dispute over revenue-sharing as new pipeline into Turkey nears completionOn a hot and dusty plateau in Iraqi Kurdistan, engineers in hard hats are gathered around a section...

Let me begin with two brief apologies – first, my last post on Iraq on TOD was hit with a vast quantity of spam that made it difficult to find all the pertinent comments, hopefully this post will have a little easier...