5 Month Decline In Iraq's Oil Exports

Iraq saw the paradox of declining oil exports but an increase in revenue in December.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 9 Qasim refused to legalize Communist Party even though it was his biggest supporter

 

1916 British took Shaikh Saad after Ottomans retreated but not before inflicting heavy

British casualties

Review Of Security In Iraq 2024

2024 saw the further decline of the Islamic State into obscurity in Iraq while the pro-Iran Iraqi Islamic Resistance launched a campaign against Israel for its war in Gaza but stopped operations in December due to foreign pressure.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 8 Churchill said Arab govt should be formed in Iraq because too expensive for UK to maintain control of Mesopotamia

 

866 Abbasid Caliph Mutasin deposed by his adviser Ibn Tahir

Iran Cuts Natural Gas Exports To Iraq For A Month

In Late November Iran cut its natural gas exports to Iraq due to maintenance work. The later depends upon the gas to fuel many of its power plants. It was only supposed to last 15 days but the outage is going to continue into early January costing the country a huge amount of electricity as a result.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 7 Iran fired missiles at Anbar and Irbil in retaliation for deaths of Gen Suleimani and Abu Muhandis

 

866 Ibn Tahir negotiated deal to split revenues of Baghdad with Samarra and depose Abbasid Caliph

Mutasin in return

Dec Sees Insurgent Violence In Iraq But No Actual Attacks By The Islamic State

There were several violent incidents in Iraq involving the Islamic State during December but none of them were actual attacks by the organization.