{
  "id": 19009334,
  "title": "Iraq has agreed with the US to allow oil exports through Hormuz, minister says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/iraq-has-agreed-with-the-us-to-allow-oil-exports-through-hormuz",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T19:47:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iraq-has-agreed-us-allow-oil-exports-through-hormuz-minister-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iraq has reached understandings with the United States to allow Iraqi oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz using a shipping lane near Oman, according to Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in an interview with Al Jazeera. Hussein stated that Iraq's losses resulting from the Iran war and disruptions to oil exports have reached $60 billion.\n\nAccording to Al-Monitor, Iraqi oil exports recovered in October following a sharp decline the previous month, rising to approximately 3.5 million barrels per day from 2.65 million barrels per day in September, based on data from Iraqi energy officials.\n\nMiddle East Eye reports that the US Treasury has requested Iraq to close all border crossings with Iran except for two, as part of a US policy to increase economic pressure on Tehran. One of these remaining exceptions is located in the Kurdistan region.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "US asks Iraq to shut most Iran border crossings, Iraqi foreign minister says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/us-asks-iraq-to-shut-most-iran-border-crossings-iraqi-foreign",
        "published": "2026-11-08T19:06:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "US asks Iraq to shut most Iran border crossings, Iraqi foreign minister says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/us-asks-iraq-to-shut-most-iran-border-crossings-iraqi-foreign-19009634",
        "published": "2026-11-08T19:47:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}