![An Iraqi worker adjusts a control valve at the Daura oil refinery, Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2022-11/GettyImages-92810577.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=AsC1tWF1)
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Salam Zidane is an Iraqi journalist specializing in economics. He has written for several local and international media sources such as Al-Jazeera and The New Arab. On Twitter: @salamzaidaniraq