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From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Will parliamentary revolt end deadlock over government formation in Baghdad? Lawmakers in Baghdad are mounting a renewed campaign to break the deadlock over Iraq's long-stalled government formation. The push reflects how the over-extended […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Baghdad's new 'self-defense' mandate may formalize regionalization of Iran War Baghdad has granted its armed forces, including the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), wider powers to respond in "self-defense" to ongoing bombings of their […]
By Hayder Al Shakeri, for The National. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. How the war on Iran is exposing Iraq's fundamental failures When Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani called for de-escalation and dialogue in the early days of […]
From Chatham House. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Will the US-Israel war on Iran destabilise Iraq? This webinar will examine how cross-border movements and fragile political structures raise the stakes for Iraq's stability. Chair: Dr Renad Mansour Speakers: Dr Zmkan Ali […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has issued a further statement setting out its position on the resumption of exports through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, following recent comments by the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Natural Resources. The statement describes the KRG ministry's position as political in nature, and sets out Baghdad's operational and legal […]
By John Lee. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has published a new report titled "Job Creation and Workers' Rights in the Kurdistan Region". In its summary, the report emphasises: To date, 303,000 workers in the Kurdistan Region have been registered in the social security scheme. Notably, 225,000 of these registrations occurred within the last five […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil and the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Natural Resources have issued statements outlining differing positions on the possible resumption of crude oil exports through the northern pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. The exchange comes amid regional disruption affecting exports through the southern system via the Strait […]
By Charles Kennedy for OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq To Restore Kirkuk-Turkey Pipeline as Iran War Chokes Off Exports Iraq is scrambling to restore a northern oil export route that would send crude from the Kirkuk fields directly to […]
By John Lee. The Embassy of the Republic of Iraq has officially begun operating in Ashgabat, marking a new step in strengthening diplomatic relations between Iraq and Turkmenistan. The development was discussed during a meeting on 9th March 2026 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between Deputy Foreign Minister Serdar Muhammetdurdyyev and Jassim […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has held an extraordinary board meeting to review recent economic and financial developments and assess macroeconomic indicators and future outlooks in light of regional and global changes. The board conducted a comprehensive review of conditions in the monetary and financial markets, including: Liquidity levels within the banking […]
By Marsin Alshamary and Hamzeh Hadad, for The Brookings Institution. The opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq must not be a staging ground for war with Iran The United States should not take Iraq's stability for granted. The full report can be […]
From the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Operationalizing the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus in Iraq Iraq is a middle-income country emerging from decades of conflict and large-scale displacement, with over one million IDPs still affected amid declining humanitarian […]
