A top security official said Tuesday that Kurdish forces had recaptured Bashiqa from the ISIL Takfiri group, one of final steps in securing the eastern approaches to insurgent-held Mosul. Kurdish peshmerga fighters launched an assault on Bashiqa the day before, advancing on the town from three sides as the battle ...
Iran signed a deal with France’s Total on Tuesday to develop a major offshore gas field, its first big contract with a Western energy firm since the lifting of sanctions. Total will lead a consortium also including China National Petroleum Corporation and Iran’s Petropars to develop Phase 11 of the ...
