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  "id": 696870,
  "title": "No oil, no salary: Iraqi state employees are feeling the crunch of the Hormuz blockade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/no-oil-no-salary-iraqi-state-employees-are-feeling-the-crunch-of-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DW News",
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    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/no-oil-no-salary-iraqi-state-employees-are-feeling-the-crunch-of-the-hormuz-blockade/a-78341409?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Because of the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq cannot export enough oil to fund the country's huge public sector. Protests have already started. Will the Iran war destabilize Iraq again?",
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        "title": "No oil, no salary: Iraqi state employees are feeling the crunch of the Hormuz blockade",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/no-oil-no-salary-iraqi-state-employees-are-feeling-the-crunch-of-the-700273",
        "published": "2026-08-12T17:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}