Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 26th June 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,665 (-2.2%)/ $1,776 (-2.2%) (weekly change) (-10.7% and -10.6% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]
Iraq’s electricity shortages cannot be resolved unless sufficient fuel flows to the power plants feeding Iraq’s national grid, according to Dr Jafar D. Jafar, co-founder and CEO of Uruk Engineering & Contracting, addressing a recent conference. Uruk’s CEO highlighted the short-fall in fuel availability, particularly gas, currently impacting Iraq’s power generation capacity. He noted that […]
UNICEF received one million doses of polio vaccine in Erbil on Saturday, marking the first ever occasion of such a delivery directly to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I). Following on its recent agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to greatly expand immunization efforts in the KR-I, Saturday’s shipment will support the joint UNICEF, […]
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. Mosul’s Child Soldiers: Volunteers for Extremist Group as Young as 10 Much to the horror of the city’s adults, children and teens in masks, carrying guns, are becoming an increasingly […]
From CNN. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Two new reports detail alleged atrocities in Iraq. Arwa Damon reports on alleged executions of Iraqi forces.
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Saad Jawad, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics (LSE), talks to Al Jazeera about the situation in Iraq.
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Government forces head for rebel-held city in biggest troop movement yet towards territory held by ISIL and allies. Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from Baghdad.
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The shutdown of Iraq's biggest refinery, roads blocked by fighting, and skyrocketing demand have created the worst fuel crisis in years in the country's semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani said Friday there was no going back on autonomous Kurdish rule in oil city Kirkuk and other towns now defended against Sunni militants by Kurdish fighters.
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The ISIL jihadists whose sweeping Sunni militant offensive has captured swathes of Iraq have declared an "Islamic caliphate" in their territory as Iraqi forces battle to retake Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit.
By John Lee. Ravil Maganov (pictured), who oversees Lukoil's exploration and production, has said total investment in the West Qurna-2 field was expected to exceed $30 billion. At its peak in 2019, he said he expects oil production at the field to hit 1.25 million bpd. The world's second-largest undeveloped field, with recoverable oil reserves of around […]
By John Lee. The Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (pictured) said on Friday that Turkey is to sell an additional 4,000 tons/day of refined oil to Iraq in an attempt to ease the shortages caused by the current unrest, and in particular by disruption to production at Baiji [Bayji] oil refinery. He told reporters Turkey […]
