Iran-backed drone strikes on US oil sites push Iraq closer to Washington over Tehran - analysis

Iraq is the second-biggest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which Trump has regularly criticized for trying to keep oil prices high.

Smoke rises above an oil field following a drone attack, on the outskirts of Zakho city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on July 16, 2025.

Smoke rises above an oil field following a drone attack, on the outskirts of Zakho city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on July 16, 2025.

(photo credit: ISMAEL ADNAN/AFP via Getty Images)

ByREUTERS

DECEMBER 4, 2025 08:44