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Iraq oil exports fell to 3.428 mln bpd in December

Iraqi oil exports fell to 3.428 million barrels per day (bpd) in December from 3.5 million bpd the previous month, the oil ministry's spokesman said Thursday. Exports from its southern Basra terminals reached 3.326 million bpd, down from 3.4 million bpd in November, spokesman Asim Jihad...

Rock-throwing Iraqi militias quit U.S. embassy after protests

Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran.     The demonstrators, angry at U.S....