A United Nations report released this week details widespread human rights violations of an increasingly sectarian nature in Iraq, as well as a deterioration of the rule of law in large parts of the embattled country. The report, produced jointly by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the UN High […]
States and Markets in Hydrocarbon Sectors - A Forward Contribution By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. I was privileged indeed to write the forward for an important book, “States and Markets in Hydrocarbon Sectors”, edited by my colleagues Professor Andrei V. Belyi (University of Tartu, Estonia) and Professor Kim Talus (University of Eastern Finland). In May last […]
By Nour Hamid. This is an extract from an article originally published by Nina Iraq, and is reproduced here with permission. It was around noon when my flight arrived at College Station TX – my home for the next two years as a graduate student at Texas A&M University. After a long flight from Baghdad, […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 19th February 2015). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,184 (-6.3%) / $1,242 (-6.1%) (weekly change) ) (-15.0% and -16.2% YTD change, respectively). The number of week […]
By John Lee. Iraq’s defence minister, Khaled al-Obeidi [al-Obaidi] (pictured), criticised the US on Sunday for announcing that an attack to reclaim Mosul from the Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL) was likely to take place in April or May. According to a report from The Guardian, he said that military commanders should not show their hand […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday received in Ankara Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and his delegation. The two sides discussed the latest developments in the region, the war against the Islamic State terrorist organisation, ISIS and the role of Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces. They also discussed the agreement reached last December between […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Foreign Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Al Jaafari, received the Armenian Ambassador to Iraq, Karen Grigoryan, at his office on Sunday, and discussed with him bilateral relations, opening joint cooperation horizons through accelerating the preparation for holding the first meeting of the Iraqi-Armenian Committee, excluding the diplomats from visas, facilitating the procedures for […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Dr. Haider Al-Abadi recently received in his office the director of the World Bank in the Middle East and North Africa, Mr. Farid Belhaj, and the Special Representative of the World Bank Mission in Iraq, Mr. Robert Bu Jodah. The meeting discussed the challenges of Iraq's economy caused by the […]
By John Lee. Critical Solutions International (CSI) has announced that the Iraqi Ministry of Defense has purchased the Husky 2G as its Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and mine clearing vehicle. According to a statement from the company, this procurement represents a critical enhancement to Iraq's route clearance mission and its ability to maintain freedom of […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Airways is to fly direct from Manchester Airport, it has been announced. Starting on Sunday, 15 March 2015, the airline will commence weekly flights to Sulaymaniyah at 22:00, with flights to Erbil departing on Wednesdays at 22:00. Both routes will be operated by a new Boeing 737-800 with capacity for 162 […]
By John Lee. The Deputy Managing Director of of Iranian vehicle maker Iran Khodro (IKCO) has said the company has chosen Iraq as a target market for its car exports, and opened a new showroom in Baghdad last week as a first step. Meqdad Mahmudi told Iran's IRNA news agency that both the Iraqi Oil […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister, Fayadh Al-Nema [Fayyad Al-Nima], has opened three new oil storage tanks near Basra, to help cope with the export bottlenecks caused by bad weather and to accommodate rising production. The new facility will bring crude-storage capacity from 9.5 million to 10.5 million barrels. The minister told reports that another four to […]
