Iraq signed a billion-dollar deal Thursday with US firm General Electric for the construction of two power plants aimed at easing the country’s long-running electricity woes, the premier’s office said. Under the deal, the power plants, each with a capacity of 750 megawatts, will be built in the provinces of ...
Iraqi forces on Tuesday retook the last area of Mosul that was still under the control of the ISIL group east of the Tigris River, the military said in a statement. “Units from the 9th armored division… completely liberated Al-Rashidiyah,” a statement from the Joint Operations Command coordinating the fight ...