The United Nations education agency today celebrated the opening of a new school at Dawodiyah Camp in Dohouk, Iraq, as part of its efforts to provide quality secondary education to children and adolescents in internally displaced persons communities. The opening of the new school represents another major milestone in the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural […]
Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al Jaafari arrived in the Belarusian Capital, Minsk, on Wednesday on an official visit upon an invitation from his Belarusian Counterpart, Vladimir Makei. Minister Jaafari stressed that the aim of the visit is to bolster Iraqi-Belarusian relations as part of the Iraqi foreign policy due to the joint interests in addition to […]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has issued an overview of the migration trends and living conditions of Iraqi returnees from Syria. Based on a series of household questionnaires, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions, IOM Iraq has collected information on the household level regard first, the initial displacement of Iraqis to Syria; second, patterns […]
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) this morning announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2014. HIGHLIGHTS Operational 2014 gross production of 6,484,391 barrels of oil (2013: 496,921 barrels of oil) with significant growth expected in 2015 Gulf Keystone's operations in the Kurdistan Region remained secure with production operations and crude oil export deliveries from […]
By John Lee. Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has been awarded a $7,970,818 (9.3 billion Iraqi dinar) firm-fixed-price contract for sustainment support for the Iraq air defense system. It will provide spares, a logistics management system, remote access capabilities, and facility upgrades. Work will be performed in the U.S. as well as Imam Ali […]
By John Lee. Karbala [Kerbala] governorate is reportedly planning to build an industrial city to attract local and foreign capital into the manufacturing sector. The province's deputy governor, Jassim Al-Fatlawi, has said that an agreement has been signed with the Ministry of Industry to create the infrastructure. Karbala’s government is to allocate the land for […]
By Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. On the evening of April 2, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the liberation of Tikrit from the Islamic State (IS) and the raising of the Iraqi flag over the local […]
On 7th April, Iraq has gone one year since wild poliovirus paralyzed a 34 month old girl on the outskirts of Baghdad. The young girl, as well as a 7-month old boy who was the first polio case in Iraq, were both systematically missed by both routine immunization and outreach campaigns and contracted wild poliovirus […]
By Omar al-Jaffal for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Traveling in an old car, young Iraqi filmmakers had taken off at noon Feb. 18 from the headquarters of the Iraqi Independent Film Center on Al-Rasheed Street, heading toward the National Theater. […]
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. NIQASH met with Maysoon al-Damluji, head of Iraq's Parliamentary Committee on Media and Culture, to discuss biased journalists, stolen antiquities and what problems can be expected after the extremists have […]
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. Lies, Lies And Crazy Rumours: What Iraqis Believe About the USA Iraq’s security crisis has caused local media to take sides more than ever. Amid the misinformation are conspiracy theories […]
By John Lee. South Korea's Hanwha Group has reportedly won a $2.12-billion (2.5-trillion-Iraqi-dinar) order to build the social infrastructure for Bismayah New City. According to Yonhap News Agency, the agreement was signed with Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) on Monday. The Group is currently building 100,000 homes at the project, which are due for completion […]
