A severe funding shortfall has led to the closure of 84% of health programmes supported by humanitarian partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO), in Iraq, leaving almost 3 million people without access to urgently needed heath care services. More than 184 front line health services in 10 governorates have been suspended, leaving millions of […]
“Women can be powerful poles for positive change and participate in innovative efforts to inform, shape and implement policies and programs to mitigate the effectsof conflict and violent radicalization”, said Gyorgy Busztin, Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (DSRSG), at the opening of the two-day National Conference on ‘Empowering Women to […]
By John Lee. Washington DC-based lobbying and legal services firm Squire Patton Boggs has reported that it is no longer acting for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). In a statement made pursuant to the US's Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the company also confirmed that it had performed no reportable activity on behalf of the […]
At Iraq Business News, we are committed to providing our readers with the very best business information on Iraq. To that end, we are delighted to announce the launch of our new Reference pages, which will support our news service by giving all the background information that our readers need about the country. We are […]
Shares in Genel Energy were trading down 6 percent on Thursday morning, following the company's announcement that revenues for the 6 months to 30 June 2015 were slightly below analysts expectations. The shares are still up about 10 percent since the KRG announcement that it had put payment plans in place. Highlights Our operations in […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government's Department of Information Technology has announced the launch of the 'Sunrise period' for Kurdistan’s top level domain (TLD) .KRD The Sunrise Period for .KRD starts on August 5 and will end on October 4. The Sunrise launch of .KRD has been a highly anticipated milestone for KRG Department of Information Technology, […]
U.S. Soldiers at the regional contracting office in Erbil hosted the first in-theater vendor training day to cultivate the critical relationship between local vendors and U.S. forces on the ground. Topics discussed with potential vendors ranged from the solicitation process to reading and understanding what is required in military contracts. Since their arrival in Erbil, […]
U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, 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. Airstrikes in Syria Fighter, fighter-attack, bomber and […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Foreign Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Al Ashaiqer Al Jaafari, has said that Iraq appreciates Kuwait's agreement to postpone payment of the remaining debt (reparations) due to be paid by Iraq this year until 2017. The minister praised the Kuwaiti Government and people for their support of Iraq in its war against the […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry (pictured) announced today at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Qatar that the United States is providing nearly $62 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Iraqis who have been affected by violence and are in urgent need of assistance from the international community. This new funding brings the total […]
By John Lee. A senior official at the Iraqi state-owned North Oil Company (NOC) has been assassinated in the city of Kirkuk. The incident occurred on Friday, claiming the life of Saad Ali Hussein, the head of pipeline maintenance at the company, and his driver. According to Reuters, Hussain was appointed NOC's chief of operations after […]
U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported. Officials reported details of strikes that took place yesterday, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Airstrikes in Syria Fighter, fighter-attack and […]
