By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised several new positions in Iraq: National Consultant: Employment Opportunity Assessment (UNDP); Field Security Assistant (UNDP); Programme and Operations Officer (UNDP); CAP Secretary (UNDP); Security Associate (World Food Programme, WFP); (Source: UN) (Recruitment image via Shutterstock)
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Monday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on Tuesday. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Fighter and remotely […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 31 banks and 22 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Wednesday. A total of $109,224,885 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)
By John Lee. Crude oil exports from Iraq's southern fields averaged 3.364 million bpd in April, higher than March's average of 3.286 million. It was also close to the record of 3.37 million bpd exported in November, according to Reuters. The oil was sold at an average price of $33.26 per barrel, earning $3.343 billion, […]
By John Lee. Iran has reportedly resumed electricity exports to Iraq following a hiatus over unpaid fees. Power was restored following the visit of an Iraqi delegation to Tehran to settle the issue. (Source: PressTV) (Electricity image via Shutterstock)
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 28th Apr 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD780 (-2.3%) / $788 (-1.2%) (weekly change) (-28.4% and -31.2% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By Human Rights Watch. The closure of Al Jazeera’s Baghdad bureau by the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission is nothing but an effort to clamp down on freedom of expression. The commission should promptly reverse its decision and allow the bureau to operate freely in accordance with international standards on freedom of the media and […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Thousands of angry protesters broke into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Saturday and stormed the parliament building after lawmakers again failed to approve new ministers:
A total of 741 Iraqis were killed and another 1,374 were injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq in April 2016*, according to casualty figures recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The number of civilians killed in April was 410 (including 11 federal police, Sahwa civil defence, […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. After months of relatively peaceful protests, anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad have turned violent. A state of emergency was declared across the Iraqi capital following the storming of the Green Zone. The heavily fortified […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Sunday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on Monday. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack, ground-attack […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Islamic State group carried out rare attacks in Iraq's deep Shiite south Sunday, killing at least 33 people with twin suicide car bomb blasts in the city of Samawa:
