By John Lee. The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has issued an urgent tender for the supply of core relief items in Iraq. More details can be found here, and the deadline is 15th July 2016 at 15:00 hours local Baghdad time: https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/TENDER-ANNOUNCEMENT-ITB-BGT-15-16.docx
During his visit to Baghdad today, Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with Iraqi leaders, coalition commanders and U.S. troops and also announced that the United States, in close consultation with the Iraqi government, will deploy an additional 560 troops to Iraq to assist in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, […]
Iraqi Government, EU, IMF, UNAMI, and World Bank representatives participate at IBBC’s annual retreat in Windsor Dara Rasheed, Iraq’s acting Minister of Housing and Construction, Jan Kubis, Head of UNAMI and Special Representative of the United Nations for Iraq, Robert Bou Jaoude, World Bank’s Special Representative for Iraq, Patrick Simmonet, EU Ambassador to Iraq and […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The long-awaited Chilcot Report, released earlier this week, found that the British decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was based on "flawed intelligence" and the invasion went "badly wrong". While the report stopped […]
IFRC appeals for immediate support for Red Crescent response as crisis deepens The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency appeal for 3.4 million Swiss francs to support the Iraqi Red Crescent Society in responding to the dramatic humanitarian situation in Al Anbar governorate and the north of […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Bomber, attack, fighter, and […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif vowed the country’s continued support for the Iraqi nation, saying that Tehran will never hesitate to stand by Baghdad in the fight against foreign-backed terrorists. “The Islamic Republic of Iran will side with the Iraqi people and government until the complete elimination of terrorists,” Zarif said at a Sunday […]
By John Lee. Iraq bought EUR 159.6 millon in arms and munitions from Bulgaria in 2015 compared to EUR 80.1 million for 2014. In 2013, Bulgaria's permits to Iraq were worth EUR 24.8 million and exports made were EUR 6.171 million, according to an annual government report. (Source: Novinite) (Arms image via Shutterstock)
By Mohammed A. Salih, for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. How new alliance among Iraq's Kurds might actually deepen divisions Often touted as the main beneficiaries of Iraq's post-Saddam Hussein order, the Kurds obtained political recognition for their autonomous region in the country's […]
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised several new positions in Iraqi Kurdistan: Programme and Partnership Manager (Goal) Emergency Response Manager (Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC) Finance Officer (Compliance) (Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC) Finance Officer (Implementing Partners) (Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC) Civil Society Program Assistant (International Commission on Missing Persons, ICMP) Physiotherapist - Rehabilitation Technical Advisor (Handicap International) […]
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised several new positions in Iraq: Senior Administrative / IT Assistant (UNAMI) Senior Administrative / IT Assistant (UNHCR) Chief of Operations (UNICEF) Information Management Officer, (Education) (UNICEF) Information Management Officer (WASH) (UNICEF) Information Management Officer (Child Protection) (UNICEF) Associate Conduct and Discipline Officer (Field Missions) Engineer (Field Missions) Civil Society Program Assistant (International Commission […]
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. Baghdad’s Maridi market is one of the biggest illegal weapons markets in Iraq. Here civilians and soldiers buy everything from automatic rifles to rocket launchers to fake gun licenses. In […]
