Sinan Mahmoud

Semi-autonomous region has signed multibillion-dollar agreements with US companies HKN Energy and WesternZagros to develop gasfields

Items include a sculpture from the Sumer civilisation more than 4,000 years ago

Agreement combines upstream oil and gas production with downstream refining, petrochemicals and power generation

The Reconstruction and Development Coalition includes US-sanctioned chairman of the PMF, Falih Al Fayyadh

Iraqi Federal Ministry of Oil rejected the multi-billion-dollar agreements, calling the move ‘a clear violation’ of the Iraqi law

Iraqi Prime Minister Al Sudani pledged $40 million towards rebuilding both territories

Leader joins Arab League summit as guest of honour

The UAE's Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed is among the attendees

Annual meeting takes place as Israeli army announces another military operation in besieged enclave

Bombed by ISIS, Al Nuri and its famous minaret rise again to dominate the Mosul skyline

Meeting of Arab League states on Saturday will grapple with a host of crises testing the region’s stability

Rare publicly announced visit comes days before Arab Summit in Iraqi capital

Party representative in Iraq says release of prisoners and more comfortable detention for leader Ocalan come first

Arab League leaders will gather in Iraq this week for the first time since 2012

Ministerial Council also asserts Kuwait and Saudi Arabia's sole right to Al Durra gas field, part of which is claimed by Iran