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KURDISTAN24Iraq PM Says Coalition Forces to Withdraw From Iraq on Sept. 303H KURDISTAN24Safeen Dizayee: Iraq Must Punish Groups Attacking Kurdistan Region4H KURDISTAN24Senior PMF Official, Three Members Arrested in Baghdad4H KURDISTAN24Al-Araji: Decision for War and Peace Belongs Solely to Iraqi State4H KURDISTAN24Iran Presses Iraq Against Disarming Armed Groups, Sources Say4H 964 MEDIAGraham Arnold signs short term Iraq extension, turning down four-year deal5H IRAQI NEWSIraq, Qatar provide oil for loading inside Hormuz via bids5H RUDAWIraq coordinates with Germany, Russia ahead of US coalition withdrawal5H REUTERSIraq's Australian coach Arnold renews contract for six months5H IRAQI NEWSIraq to introduce new banknotes with three zeros removed6H RUDAWBaghdad ready to handle national security after US departure: Spox7H IRAQI NEWSIraq to raise oil exports via Turkey’s Ceyhan to 750,000 bpd8H IRAQI NEWSIraq suggests a security council involving Iran, Saudi Arabia10H THE NEW REGIONIraq to slash three zeros from currency, introduce new notes10H IRAQI NEWSIraq foreign reserves decline 11.6% to $86.17B in June 202611H IRAQI NEWSSamarra Drug Company starts first domestic Moxifloxacin Antibiotic output11HKURDISTAN24Iraq PM Says Coalition Forces to Withdraw From Iraq on Sept. 303H KURDISTAN24Safeen Dizayee: Iraq Must Punish Groups Attacking Kurdistan Region4H KURDISTAN24Senior PMF Official, Three Members Arrested in Baghdad4H KURDISTAN24Al-Araji: Decision for War and Peace Belongs Solely to Iraqi State4H KURDISTAN24Iran Presses Iraq Against Disarming Armed Groups, Sources Say4H 964 MEDIAGraham Arnold signs short term Iraq extension, turning down four-year deal5H IRAQI NEWSIraq, Qatar provide oil for loading inside Hormuz via bids5H RUDAWIraq coordinates with Germany, Russia ahead of US coalition withdrawal5H REUTERSIraq's Australian coach Arnold renews contract for six months5H IRAQI NEWSIraq to introduce new banknotes with three zeros removed6H RUDAWBaghdad ready to handle national security after US departure: Spox7H IRAQI NEWSIraq to raise oil exports via Turkey’s Ceyhan to 750,000 bpd8H IRAQI NEWSIraq suggests a security council involving Iran, Saudi Arabia10H THE NEW REGIONIraq to slash three zeros from currency, introduce new notes10H IRAQI NEWSIraq foreign reserves decline 11.6% to $86.17B in June 202611H IRAQI NEWSSamarra Drug Company starts first domestic Moxifloxacin Antibiotic output11H

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MONDAY, 24 AUGUST 2026 · MORNING EDITION

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The Central Bank of Iraq reported that regional tensions had cost the country more than $30 billion in reserves, while Baghdad said it was exploring greater flexibility with Iran for Iraqi oil exports through Hormuz by Monday. Iraq’s State Organization for Marketing of Oil and QatarEnergy also offered crude through tenders for loading inside the strait. Iraq said its oil production had recovered to more than 3 million barrels per day.

On the security file, Iraqi authorities reportedly arrested four Popular Mobilization Forces personnel in Baghdad on August 24, drawing faction opposition and disputed accounts detailed in the Militia Digest; no security body acknowledged custody in those accounts. Iraqi officials said decisions of war and peace belong solely to the state and described gradual disarmament through dialogue with factions, while a lawmaker pressed for passage of the PMF law and Iraq’s prime minister fixed September 30 for the US-led coalition’s withdrawal.

On regional diplomacy, Baghdad proposed a joint security council between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Kurdistan Regional Government separately opened a trade-licensing office at a crossing with Iran, as reporting described intensifying regional pressure on Iraq’s prime minister.

THINGS TO WATCH

Iran and Iraq announce terms for greater Hormuz export flexibilitymedium likelihoodhigh impactBaghdad said it was exploring greater export flexibility with Iran, making announced terms or the absence of an agreement observable within the next month.

SOMO or QatarEnergy awards an inside-Hormuz crude tendermedium likelihoodmedium impactBoth companies offered crude for loading inside the strait, so an award, cancellation or expiry would show whether the offer secured a buyer.

Parliament holds a formal vote on the PMF lawmedium likelihoodhigh impactA lawmaker publicly pressed for passage while the government’s weapons and state-control process remained active.

Saudi Arabia or Iran publicly answers Baghdad’s joint security-council proposalmedium likelihoodhigh impactIraq proposed the council, but any move toward implementation requires an observable response from at least one of the two governments.

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