Baghdad, March 18, 2026 (AFP) - Iraq's gas imports from Iran halted due to war

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2026-03-18

Iraq's gas imports from Iran were completely halted on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest blow to the country's battered economy reeling from the impact of the Middle East war. The country has been unwillingly drawn into the conflict triggered by the US-Israel attack on its neighbour Iran on February 28. The cutoff came as Baghdad had barely had time to celebrate a deal to export a fraction of its oil production through Turkey after disrupti......

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