Iraq has launched an investigation after Hezbollah and Ansarallah resistance groups mistakenly appeared on its funds-freeze list for terrorism.

Iraq has retracted the US-driven blacklisting of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movements.

US Deputy Secretary of State Michael Regas is in Iraq on an official visit.

American corporation ExxonMobil has reportedly reached out to Iraq’s Oil Ministry in a bid to purchase Russian energy firm Lukoil’s majority stake in one of the Arab country’s main oilfields.

Iran’s state oil company has launched the second phase of development at the Azar oilfield.

An Iraqi politician has dismissed discussions about prolonging the US military presence in Iraq as an “illusion,” saying that neither political factions nor the Iraqi public would accept any extension of the agreed timelines.

The political blocs winning the parliamentary elections in Iraq are seeking to form a new government following the ratification of the election results.