Operations resumed at a port and an oil refinery in southern Iraq on Thursday af...
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows protests on bridges and at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq November 5, 2019. Picture taken November 5, 2019 and obtained on November 7, 2019. Courtesy of Maxar Technologies/via REUTERS.
The blocking of Umm Qasr, which receives imports of grain, vegetable oils and sugar shipments that feed a country largely dependent on imported food, has cost the country more than $6 billion, the government said on Wednesday.
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