Iraq has commenced construction of its largest solar power plant, Basra Sun, with a total capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) in Basra province. The solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant is one of the four ...

Kurdish forces partially recaptured Iraq’s largest dam yesterday, two weeks after it was overrun by fighters from the self-declared Islamic State (Isis). Peshmerga fighters launched the operation ...