Iraq's August Oil Exports Highest Since Start of Conflict

KATHMANDU. Iraq's average daily oil exports in the first 10 days of August have been the highest since the start of the war, amid tensions in the Middle East caused by the joint US-Israel war on Iran and Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Iraqi Ministry of Petroleum (Oil) said on Friday.Iraqi Oil Minister Bassem Mohammed Khudeir said at a press conference on Friday,