Archive | 12th June 2013

Northrop Grumman Wins $115m Contract

By John Lee. Northrop Grumman has reportedly won contracts worth $115 million to provide AN/APG-68 (V)9 radar systems (pictured) for Iraq and the Royal Thai Air Force. Twenty-two of the 38 systems, an upgrade targeting system for F-16 fighter jets, are destined for Iraq. Capital Gazette reports that the contract was awarded by the Air Force […]

BIOGH Masterplan Receives Planning Approval

BIOGH has announced that the Masterplan for the Basra International Oil and Gas Free Zone has been formally approved by the Consulting Bureau of the College of Engineering at the University of Basra, and by the Iraq General Commission for Free Zones. This planning approvals milestone represents an ongoing successful collaboration, notably with the efforts […]

Conserving the Priceless Manuscripts of Najaf

Conserving the priceless manuscripts of Najaf: Protecting the history of civilization International and Iraqi experts, historians, and members of the world's intellectual society turn to Iraq as UNESCO and the Ministry of Culture launch a pioneering programme to conserve the priceless books and manuscripts of the city of Najaf, a main centre of Islamic and […]

Al Qaeda 2013: Community Outreach and Chemical Weapons

By Waheed Ghanim. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. As levels of violence rise in Iraq again and the conflict takes on a sectarian appearance, locals are saying that extremist group, Al Qaeda, are taking […]

Parties Agree On Controversial Information Law

By Abdel Hamid Zebari for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. After three years of negotiations on the law regarding the right to information in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the ruling bloc, comprised of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and […]