Using 1,026 M113A2 armored personnel carriers from the U.S. Army's Excess Defense Articles obtained through the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command's Foreign Military Sales program, and the refurbishment expertise provided by an Army Materiel Command public-private partnership, provided the means for the Iraqi Army to begin standing-up its planned six-division armored capability. "This was a […]
Interpipe, the Ukrainian seamless pipe producer, has announced that it is installing a local support team to work in Basra following the company's approval from South Oil Company (SOC) as a preferred supplier. The announcement sees Interpipe appoint a new Iraq country manager, based in Basra, with immediate effect. Following several recent meetings in Iraq with […]
The NASDAQ OMX Group has entered an agreement with the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) to upgrade its current trading platform. Under the terms of the agreement, ISX will replace its existing NASDAQ OMX platform (Horizon) with one powered by the renowned X-stream technology. The upgrade is expected to be rolled out by mid-year 2014. "We […]
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Martin Kobler, condemned in the strongest possible terms the wave of attacks that claimed dozens of lives across Iraq yesterday. “These devastating terrorist attacks once again targeted innocent citizens going about their daily activities, struggling to build a more hopeful future for themselves […]
By John Lee. Greek construction company METKA, a subsidiary of the Mytilineos Group, has announced the signing of a $1.05-billion contract with Iraq's Ministry of Electricity for the construction of a combined cycle power station in Anbar. The deal involves the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a natural gas-powered plant with a capacity of 1,642 […]
By John Lee. The Wall Street Journal reports that the China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corp. (CPPE) and Iraq's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) have secured a contract worth up to $317 million to build an oil pipeline from the Missan oil fields to the export terminals in southern Iraq. Over a period of 14 […]
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. Over the past two decades, the citizens of the Iraqi Kurdistan region have refrained from going to movie theaters. Some of these theaters, which succumbed to neglect, have been demolished […]
Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, headed Iraq's delegation to the international conference on nuclear security (strengthening international efforts) currently being held in Vienna. The Minister gave Iraq's speech at the conference, highlighting Iraq's international obligations, laws and legislation issued on disarmament and non-proliferation, stressing the importance of strengthening the joint international cooperation frameworks to face up […]
President Masoud Barzani met with French President François Hollande in Paris on Saturday. In their meeting at the Élysée Palace, President Hollande and President Barzani discussed bilateral relations between France and the Kurdistan Region, the Syrian crisis and the role of the Syrian Kurds, and the political situation in Iraq. Both sides hailed the rapid […]
From Iran’s PressTV. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The wave of "dust pollution" seems unwilling to leave Iran. According to the latest report dust storms and pollution which have spread across almost 23 Iranian provinces continue to have impact on the […]
From Jewish News One. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari has said that his country's recent wave of violence won't lead to a civil war. Not everyone is so sure:
By Mohamed Tamimi. This article was originally published by Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Two hundred sheikhs from Shiite and Sunni tribes in Diyala province have signed a charter of honor that forbids the shedding of Iraqi blood and rejects […]
