By John Lee. The Royal Jordanian Air Academy in Amman, Jordan, has won a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $12,789,935 for English language and technical training to Iraqi Air Force students. Training will be at the Royal Jordanian Air Academy, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 8, 2014. (Source: U.S. Department of Defense)
The U.S. Embassy Baghdad is hosting two senior administrators from Stanford University from August 25 to September 3 to partner with the Government of Iraq in expanding graduate degree opportunities for Iraqi students in the United States. Under the Strategic Framework Agreement between the United States and Iraq, promoting cooperation in higher education is a […]
By John Lee. Ruebin S. Thomas, a former civilian contractor, has pleaded guilty to stealing two electric generators from a U.S. military base in Iraq, reports Associated Press. Thomas, who worked for Honeywell Technologies at the Camp Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, stole two generators valued at $176,000 each in June 2009. Sentencing was scheduled […]
By Mustafa Habib. 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. In a country like Iraq, where most careers come courtesy of the government, its not what you know, but who you know – or how much […]
By Harith Hasan for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is currently the scene of a sharp regional conflict between Iran and its opponents. This is nothing new, however. Regional events have come to show that any country witnessing political or social instability, amid […]
