For weeks, Sunni Arab tribesmen have taken over the centre of Samarra to rail against the "injustices" of Iraq's Shiite-led authorities: (Source: AFP)
Anti-Maliki Demos Show no Sign of Slowing
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13,000 and Counting
By John Lee. A partner at a London-based financial advisory business has suggested Iraq as a true frontier market investment, saying: “The greatest opportunities for emerging market investors have always come when political chaos coincides with a dire media consensus, and a major underlying economic improvement is thereby ignored. Iraq stands firmly in this tradition […]
Samsung Wins $879m Badra Deal
By John Lee. Iraq and the Russian state oil producer Gazprom Neft have awarded an $879 million contract to South Korea's Samsung Group to develop the Badra oil field in eastern Iraq. Samsung will design and build phase two of a central processing facility (CPF) for oil production in the field, which is expected to […]
Dubai Private Sector Trade with Iraq Soars
By John Lee. Dubai’s overall exports and re-exports from the private sector to Iraq rose by more 350 percent to value $11.4bn in 2012, according to data from the Dubai Chamber. Trade with Libya was up by 300 percent, while trade with Turkey doubled. The Chamber’s director general, Hamad Buamim, said Dubai accounts for 75 […]
Cabinet Issued 472 Decisions in 2012
By John Lee. Iraq's Department of Cabinet Affairs has announced that the Council of Ministers issued 472 decisions during 2012, 366 of them being what they described as "executive decisions". These decisions included 36 regarding laws and international conventions, five resolutions for ministries and departments "not associated with the ministries", and six resolutions concerning development […]
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Deadline Postponed for Nasiriya Integrated Project
By John Lee. Iraq's Petroleum Contracts & Licensing Directorate (PCLD), part of the Ministry of Oil, has announced that following requests received from interested companies the deadline for submitting qualification information for the Nasiriya Integrated Project has been postponed to 28th February 2013. Documents sent by DHL are accepted provided that they have been sent […]
Joint Effort Delivers 3 Helicopters to Iraq
The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command with U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command and Program Executive Office Aviation facilitated and delivered three Bell 407 Scout helicopters to Iraqi Army Aviation today. This marks the sixth completed delivery of Iraqi Armed 407 Scout helicopter through Foreign Military Sales that began in 2010. "Many of the organizations […]
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Dewan to Design Nakheel City in Basra
The province of Basra has awarded Dewan Architects and Engineers the contract to design the sprawling Al Nakheel City, for which the foundation stone was recently laid. As a modern urban development, the Al-Nakheel City is expected to provide world-class and modern sustainable living, working, and living solutions for the population of Basra and help alleviate […]
Iraqi Parliament Moving Against Maliki on Several Fronts
By Reidar Visser. The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq […]
Try Iraq for a True Frontier Market
By John Lee. Writing in the Financial Times, a partner at a London-based financial advisory business suggests Iraq as a true frontier market investment. Citing precedents such as Japan in the early 1960s and Russia in 1995, Richard Greer, a partner at Laurel Capital Kingsway LLP, says: "The greatest opportunities for emerging market investors have […]
Over 2.5m Tourists Visited Iraq in 2012
By John Lee. Azzaman reports that more than 2.5 million tourists visited Iraq in 2012, most of them on pilgrimage to the country’s holy shrines. Data issued by the Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism show that Iraq has become a top destination for Muslim, mainly Shiite, tourist. The numbers are reportedly the largest since the country […]
New Italian Ambassador to Iraq
By John Lee. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hoshyar Zebari, has received a copy of the credentials of new the Ambassador of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Massimo Marotti, at a ceremony on Sunday morning. During the meeting, they discussed the developing relations between the two countries and their people in all areas, and the Minister […]