This 105-page report documents abuses of women in detention based on interviews with women and girls, Sunni and Shia, in prison; their families and lawyers; and medical service providers in the prisons at a time of escalating violence involving security forces and armed groups. Human Rights Watch also reviewed court documents and extensive information received […]
By John Lee. India's Desh Bhagat University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iraq. While welcoming the Iraqi delegation, chancellor of the university Zora Singh (pictured) said that the aim of this educational exchange programme was to provide opportunities to the students and faculty of both countries to interact with each other on […]
By Robert Tollast. Robert Tollast is a consultant at Noorbridge, a Helsinki based consultancy with staff in London and Nasiriyah, Iraq. He has written extensively on security, politics and economic issues in Iraq for various publications, and is currently researching a modern history of Iraq with support from The Middle East Forum. email: [email protected] twitter: […]
By John Lee. The Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) is among the state-owned Korean energy firm that have come under heavy pressure from the country's new government to shed assets and pay off debt by 2017, reports Reuters. Korea's Yonhap news agency says that the company is considering selling a 49 percent stake in its fully-owned […]
The Governments of the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America reaffirmed their commitment to joint cooperation in the areas of oil production and export, natural gas, electricity resiliency and reliability, clean energy, and critical energy infrastructure protection during the second meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on Energy, held February 5, […]
The President of the Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, has met the German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin. Foreign Minister Steinmeier welcomed President Barzani to Germany and spoke about his visit to Erbil back in 2008, highlighting his desire to visit Kurdistan again soon. He added that he was aware of the rapid developments happening […]
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Following another day of particularly bad violence in Baghdad, it would be easy to dismiss Iraq as a failing state with little hope of ever providing a normal life for its people. But that's not everyone's view. The United Kingdom, for example has just renewed its commitment to the country with the appointment of Baroness […]
Capstone Meetings Highlight Policies to Attract Private Investment and Advance Iraq’s Economic Development The U.S. Embassy’s Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs, Robin Matthewman (pictured), joined high-level Iraqi officials and international experts in opening a two-day series of “Capstone Meetings” to discuss ways to attract private investment into Iraq. The National Investment Commission (NIC) of Iraq […]
By John Lee. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume its operations to Iraq from next month to facilitate Shia pilgrims, reports Business Standard. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reportedly directed the PIA to resume services to the country after a break of 30 years. The new flights will serve Najaf airport. (Source: Business Standard)
By John Lee. BBC reports that more than 1,200 people are under investigation in relation to a US military recruitment fraud during the Iraq war. The alleged fraud, in which referral fees were illegally collected for recruiting soldiers, is said to have cost the US government at least $29 million, and possibly as much as […]
By Reidar Visser. The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Everyone Wants to Be a Governorate: 17 Iraqi Districts Demand Status […]
