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أبريل 11, 2026

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"ملك العراق": لعب القاضي البارز زيدان دورًا رئيسيًا في إطلاق سراح شيلي كيتلسون

ويقول المسؤولون إن فائق زيدان استغل نفوذه لدى الميليشيات المدعومة من إيران للمساعدة في تأمين إطلاق سراح الصحفي الأمريكي، مما يؤكد قوته الهائلة في المشهد السياسي العراقي المتصدع.

Amberin Zaman

بواسطة Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

picture of Qatar Energy's operating facilities on March 3, 2026, in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.

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ما مدى سرعة تعافي إنتاج الطاقة في الخليج بعد وقف إطلاق النار بين الولايات المتحدة وإيران؟

قد يمهد الهدنة الطريق لعودة إمدادات النفط والغاز الطبيعي المسال المفقودة إلى الأسواق العالمية، لكن استعادة إنتاج الطاقة في الخليج إلى مستوياته الطبيعية قد يستغرق شهورًا، إن لم يكن أكثر.

Samuel Wendel

بواسطة Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

A police speed boat patrols the port as oil tankers and high speed crafts sit anchored at Muscat Anchorage near the Strait of Hormuz on March 30, 2026 in Muscat, Oman.

Analysis

هل يستطيع الخليج، وهو رهينة لمضيق هرمز، إعادة توجيه تدفقات الطاقة المستقبلية لتجاوز نقطة الاختناق الإيرانية؟

في ظل تسبب الحرب بين الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل وإيران في تعطيل ما يقرب من 20% من إمدادات النفط العالمية، يشير الخبراء إلى الفرص والتحديات التي تواجه الجهود المتجددة لتطوير بدائل لمضيق هرمز.

Samuel Wendel

بواسطة Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

A member of the Popular Mobilization Forces patrols along a concrete wall at the Iraqi-Syrian border in Al-Qaim, west of Iraq, on Jan. 23, 2026.

أعادت سوريا فتح معبر رئيسي بعد 11 عاماً، مما ساعد صادرات النفط العراقية وسط الحرب

أبدت العراق وسوريا رغبة في التعاون بشأن صادرات النفط، وقد أصبحت المسألة أكثر إلحاحاً بسبب الاضطرابات في مضيق هرمز.

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كشف اختطاف شيلي كيتلسون على يد ميليشيا يُشتبه في دعمها من إيران عن ضعف الحكومة العراقية

US journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a picture in Baghdad on March 31, 2026.

سوريا تقاوم هجوماً بطائرات مسيرة من العراق، وتتصدى لأنفاق التهريب على الحدود اللبنانية

Members of the Popular Mobilization Units stand guard along the Iraqi-Syrian border in Al-Qaim, west of Iraq, on Jan. 23, 2026.

Analysis

قد تواجه دول الخليج الغنية بالنفط أزمة في الطاقة مع تضرر أمن الطاقة جراء الحرب الإيرانية.

A general view of South Pars gas field facilities in the southern Iranian port town of Assaluyeh, on the Gulf, Nov. 19, 2015.

Samuel Wendel

بواسطة Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Analysis

يُسهم تخزين الطاقة في استقرار تركيا، لكن الحرب الطويلة تُهدد اقتصادها الهش.

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Barin Kayaoglu

بواسطة Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

آمبرین زمان

Chief Correspondent

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Iraqi residents examine the damage inflicted on their house by a car bomb attack in the Zaafaraniya neighbourhood in Baghdad March 19, 2013. A dozen car bombs and suicide blasts tore into Shi'ite districts in Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people on the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR3F6Q3

القاعدة.. و"القوى الامنية العراقية" من حقق اهدافه ومن فشل؟

Sunni Muslims shout slogans during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad, March 15, 2013. Thousands of Sunni Muslims protested after Friday prayers in huge rallies against Shi'ite Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, demanding that he step down. The signs read, "We are coming, Baghdad". REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3F11P

الحرب الاهلية" المحتملة تؤرق عائلات عراقية خارج التصنيف الطائفي

$Members of the new Iraqi Parliament attend a session at the Parliament headquarters in Baghdad, November 11, 2010. Iraq's fractious politicians have agreed to return Shi'ite Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister, ending an eight-month deadlock that raised fears of renewed sectarian war, but leaving some Sunnis sceptical he can forge national unity. The pact on top government posts brings together Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds in a power-sharing arrangement similar to the last Iraqi government and could help prevent$

صراع خفي في كردستان العراق بين الحليفين الاستراتيجيين

Workers of South Oil Company (SOC) adjust a valve at the Rumaila oil field in Basra Province in this May 24, 2010 file photo. The initial development plan agreed by Exxon Mobil and its partners for Iraq's West Qurna Phase One oilfield included drilling eight new wells and overhauling up to 50 wells this year to boost output. Exxon Mobil wants to leave its flagship Iraqi oil project after upsetting Baghdad by signing a deal last year with the autonomous northern Kurdish region, which the central government d

بغداد وواشنطن تتفقان على تحسين مستوى الشفافية في إدارة القطاع النفطي

Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the AL-Mashtal district in Baghdad March 19, 2013. A series of coordinated car bombs and blasts hit Shi'ite districts across Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people on the tenth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3F6F7

"رسائل دامية على اسوار "المنطقة الخضراء

Kurdish women and men dance during the Nevruz celebrations in the southern Turkish city of Mersin March 21, 2003. Nevruz, a combination of Persian words Nev (New) and Ruz (Day), which is celebrated by the Kurds in Central Asia, and Anatolia and by Iranians can be defined as "the New Day of the New Year". REUTERS/Yves Herman PP03030048 Pictures of the month March 2003 HRM also see GF2DWFLPITAA - RTRKREN

اكراد العراق يوسعون احتفالاتهم باعياد نوروز

Iraqi Sunni Muslims perform Friday prayers during an anti-government demonstration in Tikrit, 150 km (93 miles) north of Baghdad, January 4, 2013. The protesters were demanding the release of Sunni detainees in government prisons and called for major reforms against corruption in the government. REUTERS/Bakr al-Azzawi (IRAQ - Tags : - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3C3SF

تكريت بعد 10 سنوات على الغزو: من مركز الحكم إلى مدينة العزلة والتناقضات

A view of an upscale housing project under construction in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad August 27, 2008. Iraqi Kurdistan has been priming for a wave of foreign investments for years, but the grand goals of this relatively peaceful northern enclave are frustrated by violence plaguing the rest of Iraq, officials say. To match feature IRAQ/INVESTMENT REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ) - RTX896Q

العراق: موازنة 2013 توجه ضربة كبيرة لجهود احتواء أزمة السكن

A supporter of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr takes part in a rally, which the participants said was against sectarianism and injustice, in Kut, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3F2NB

العراق: يفشل رجال السياسة .. فيتصدى رجال الدين

Sunni Muslims shout slogans during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad, March 15, 2013. Thousands of Sunni Muslims protested after Friday prayers in huge rallies against Shi'ite Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, demanding that he step down. The signs read, "We are coming, Baghdad". REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3F11P

المالكي يستعد لمعركة "الولاية الثالثة" بتجديد رئاسته لحزبه السياسي

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 21: An Iraqi girl begs drivers for money at an intersection on July 21, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. While a recent United Nations report saw a significant potential for economic growth in Iraq, the current poverty rate is around 23% of the population. As the deadline for the departure of the remaining American forces in Iraq approaches, Iraqi politicians have been increasingly pressured to give a final decision about extending the mandate for a small U.S. military presence beyond the end of

الطفلة سماح .. اغتصاب جماعي وآخر اجتماعي

An Iraqi Red Crescent ambulance, transporting people injured in a bomb attack, travels to a hospital at Alawi district in Baghdad March 14, 2013. Co-ordinated blasts in the heart of the Iraqi capital Baghdad killed at least 21 people on Thursday, near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies are located, police and medics said. The explosions, which also wounded at least 50, took place in the Alawi district, close to the ministries of justice, foreign affairs and other government of

هجوم انتحاري يستهدف "رمز العدالة" في العراق