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Mohammed Tamim: Kurdistan Region Produces Up to 455,000 Barrels of Oil Daily drawmedia.net/news/iraq/1944…

Metro Center has called for renewed investigations into the murders of journalists in the Kurdistan Region, highlighting the failure to deliver justice in cases involving Sorani Mama Hama, Sardasht Osman, Kawa Garmiani, Wadat Hussein, and Abdul Sattar Tahir Sharif.

PJAK Co-Chair Amir Karimi says Kurdish federalism must be central to Iran’s political future, calling for constitutional recognition of Kurdish identity and political rights within a democratic, federal system, with meaningful Kurdish participation.

KRG Ministry of Natural Resources: Iraq’s Prime Minister has approved only 50 million litres of kerosene for the Kurdistan Region, covering just 18% of its total winter fuel requirements.

Sheikh Baz Rauf Karim, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KAR Group, on (X): "Oil exports through the Kurdistan oil pipeline have increased from 250,000 to 500,000 barrels per day."

- Kurdistan Toilers’ Party: Rejected “Democratic Integration” as an imported concept incompatible with Iranian Kurds’ aspirations. - PJAK: Described “Democratic Integration” as a project to fundamentally transform the state, not surrender to it.

Farhad Shami, former head of media for the SDF, accuses Tom Barrack of orchestrating massacres against Kurds, Alawites, and Druze in Syria, condemning his mafia-like diplomacy. He warns that secret dealings, coercion, and bloodshed will eventually be exposed.

Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Director Ali Nizar has been suspended from his duties and is under investigation over suspected violations, according to the 964 Network, citing an informed source.

DNO’s Operating Profit Surges 46% to $641.1 Million drawmedia.net/report/19435-d…

Alaa Talabani, an adviser to Iraq’s prime minister on women’s affairs, says oil smuggling from Kurdistan continues. Zaidi has asked Turkey to help stop it and plans foreign audits of regional oil production and exports.

Kurdistan’s Oil Production Reaches 625,000 Barrels Daily, Lawmaker Questions Missing 400,000 Barrels Qaisar Jurani, a member of the Oil and Gas Committee from the Sadiqoon parliamentary bloc, says the KRG produces 625,000 barrels daily but delivers 180,000–185,000 to Baghdad.

Iraqi economist Nabil Marsoumi says U.S. cargo planes carrying dollars should deliver some of their shipments to Kurdistan’s exchange market or Baghdad’s Kifah Street market to help narrow the gap between official and parallel-market exchange rates.

Iraqi judicial authorities released Maysan Provincial Council Chairman Mustafa al-Muhammadawi hours after his detention. He had threatened civil disobedience and provincial separation unless Baghdad reopened the Al-Sheeb border crossing within three days.

Iraq’s Federal Integrity Commission announced the arrest of Muthanna’s former electricity distribution director and 12 employees over the alleged waste of IQD 6.15 billion through the purchase of unnecessary electrical equipment.

Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission says Korek Telecom must obtain tax clearance and settle debts exceeding IQD 2 trillion, beginning with a 500 billion payment, before resuming operations under a new agreement.

Iraq’s Deputy Parliament Speaker Farhad Atrushi says the US warned Iraq could face sanctions and designation as a state sponsor of terrorism unless armed groups disarm by June 30 next year.

New Generation Movement leader Shaswar Abdulwahid said Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court rejected a request to dissolve Kurdistan’s Parliament. He added that the court allowed his lawsuit challenging Masrour Barzani’s government and its decisions to proceed.

A Baghdad court issued an arrest warrant for Maysan Provincial Council Chairman Mustafa Duaier following his threat to separate the province from Iraq unless the government reopens the Shib border crossing with Iran.

Iraq’s Oil Exports and Revenues Drop Sharply in the First Nine Months of 2026 drawmedia.net/news/kurdistan…

Nearly 300 oil tankers are stranded at the Turkish border,” as Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi reportedly orders an investigation into oil exports from Kurdistan and asks Türkiye to stop purchasing them.