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Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (trading week ending: 25th Dec 2025. Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. Note: ISX will be closed on December 31, 2025, and January 1, 2026, due to the end-of-year closing operations. The last trading session of […]

Report: 2025 Iraqi Election: Results, Dynamics and Implications

By Ronen Zeidel, for the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel-Aviv University. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The 2025 Iraqi Parliamentary Election: Results, Dynamics and Implications This report examines the 2025 Iraqi parliamentary election, revealing a […]

Shanghai Electric Breaks Ground on Euphrates Project

By John Lee. China's Shanghai Electric has officially launched the Euphrates Combined Cycle Expansion Project in Iraq, aimed at upgrading power plants across four governorates by converting simple-cycle units into combined-cycle systems. According to a press release from the company, this expansion will add 625 megawatts (MW) to the national grid and improve plant efficiency […]

Jiyad: The Challenges Facing the Oil Sector in Iraq

By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A Debating Event on the Challenges Facing the Oil Sector in Iraq The "Al-Mushtarek" platform convened the event on Friday evening, December 19th. I addressed the most important and impacting challenges facing […]

SOMO Responds to Report on DNO's Activities in KRI

By John Lee. The State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO) has issued a clarification in response to a Reuters report on 26 September 2025 regarding DNO's export activities. SOMO reaffirmed its commitment to fulfilling all obligations within its mandate and under existing agreements with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), continuing efforts to ensure the smooth flow […]

Iraq Opens Digital Library

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammad Shia' al-Sudani inaugurated the Iraqi Digital Library project in Baghdad on Saturday, 20th December. The library will offer a fully integrated digital system to preserve Iraq's intellectual, scientific, cultural, literary, and media works for researchers and scholars. The project is Iraq's first digital library, the seventh of its kind […]

Oman Air Launches Service to Copenhagen via Baghdad

By John Lee. Oman Air has launched its inaugural service to Copenhagen, operating via Baghdad, with the first flight departing on Saturday, 20th December, marking the airline's first direct engagement with both countries. A welcome ceremony at Baghdad International Airport was attended by Sheikh Mahmoud bin Muhanna Al Kharousi, Charge d'Affaires of the Sultanate of […]

Bank Credit Grows 1.88% in Q3 2025

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) reported that total bank credit extended by operating banks increased by 1.88 percent in the third quarter of 2025, reaching 73,942 billion Iraqi dinars (approximately $56.5 billion). This was up from 72,578 billion Iraqi dinars (approximately $55.5 billion) in the same period of 2024. (Source: Central […]

DPD to supply Date Palm Tissue Culture to Iraq

From the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC): The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, acting under Cabinet Resolution No. 209 of 2025, has signed a cooperation agreement with the UK-based company Date Palm Developments (D.P.D. Limited). The agreement was concluded by the Ministry's Horticulture Department. The signing took place at the Iraqi Embassy in London and coincided […]