By Amir al-Kaabi and Michael Knights for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Mainstreaming Hashd Commanders (Part 2): Fifty-Fold Increase in Officer Training This year has seen a massive increase in the training of Iraqi […]
By Andrew Parasiliti for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 'You don't solve issues by running away,' says Iraq's KRG PM Masrour Barzani, in an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, discusses the dispute with the rival PUK party; relations with […]
Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani, met this morning a group of businessmen, investors, and representatives of federations from the Turkish private sector in Ankara, in the presence of the Turkish Minister of Trade, Mr. Mehmet Muş. His Excellency stated that the agreements reached during the visit with the Turkish side indicate the determination of the […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, has addressed the UN's Water Conference in New York, calling on Turkey to increase cooperation on water management. He also called for a permanent committee to establish regional, basin-wide agreements, with a practical enforcement mechanism under the auspices of the United Nations, to ensure an adequate […]
By Steven A. Cook, for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Twenty Years After the War to Oust Saddam, Iraq Is a Shaky Democracy On the two-decade anniversary of the U.S. invasion, Iraq is weakly […]
By Scott Neuman and Larry Kaplow, for NPR. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 3 takeaways 20 years after the invasion of Iraq Ryan Crocker, Peter Mansoor and Marsin Alshamary recently shared their thoughts with NPR on lessons learned from one […]
By Frank Sobchak and Matthew Zais, for Time Magazine. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. How Iran Won the Iraq War The U.S. must militarily deter Iran so that it retracts rather than expands its regional aggression. Read the full article […]
From Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq to Contain the Kurdish Opposition and Pay Its Debts to Iran in Emirati Dirhams Iraq will begin paying for its debts and imports from Iran in Emirati […]
IBBC members celebrate the launch of University of London in Erbil with GEMS and partners at Senate house. On 15 March at Senate House, GEMS and University of London celebrated the relationship between GEMS and the University of London and partners, including Cambridge Education and Stirling Education, and the launch of its new campus in […]
By John Lee. Shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) were trading up nearly five percent on Thursday after the company announced its results for the full year ended 31 December 2022 and the 2022 Competent Person's Report: Jon Harris (pictured), Gulf Keystone's Chief Executive Officer, said: "We delivered strong operational and financial performance in 2022 […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today reported that cumulative oil production from its Peshkabir field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq has broken through the 100 million-barrel milestone less than six years after startup. The field was initially estimated to contain proven and probable reserves of 75 million barrels of oil commingled […]
From the MIT Center for International Studies. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Reprinted with permission of MIT News. 3 Questions: The Iraq invasion, 20 years later This week marks the 20th anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq. Code-named […]
