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Nawzad Hadi Elected as Erbil Governor

By John Lee. At the first session of the new Erbil Governorate Council this week, Mr. Nawzad Hadi was elected as the Governor of Erbil, with Ali Rashid as head of the governorate council, and Azad Ikram Bahram as deputy head. (Source: Erbil Governorate)

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Video: Al-Sadr calls for Emergency Govt

From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. One of Iraq's most powerful Shia leaders has joined a chorus of calls for a national unity government. Moqtadr Al Sadr says Iraq risks spiraling into chaos without a change of leadership. Al […]

Defying Daash in Karbala and Baghdad

The following article features an interview with Mantid International CEO Ginger Cruz. Robert Tollast’s opinions expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of Mantid International, nor do the opinions expressed here necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The vast majority of Iraqis, Shi'a, Kurd and Sunni, are preparing themselves to […]

Video: Kerry Presses for Unity

From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. On an unannounced trip to Erbil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, US Secretary of State John Kerry pushes for Iraqi unity against a militant onslaught which the UN says has left over 1,000 dead:

John Kerry: Mission Impossible?

By John Cookson. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. US Secretary of State John Kerry's whistle-stop swing through the Middle East and Europe will likely include a meeting this week with Iraq's embattled caretaker prime-minister Nouri al-Maliki. At the Baghdad summit we […]

New KRG Cabinet Announced

The eighth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government was sworn into office on 18 June 2014 at the Kurdistan Parliament.  The cabinet consists of the following ministries and departments: Prime Minister: Nechirvan Idris Barzani Deputy Prime Minister: Qubad Jalal Talabani Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources: Abdulstar Majeed Ministry of Culture and Youth: Khalid Doski […]

Can 300 US Military Advisers save Iraq?

By John Cookson. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. President Obama opposed the 2003 US-led war which toppled Saddam. He based his run for the White House on ending wars rather than starting them. So his decision announced at a press conference […]

KRG Prime Minister Barzani Outlines Priorities

The eighth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government was announced at a special session of the Kurdistan Parliament held on 18 June 2014. Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, and all cabinet ministers were sworn into office. In a speech outlining the programme of the eighth cabinet, Prime Minister Barzani stated that […]

Hawrami: New Iraq Needs Power-Sharing

By John Lee. The key to Iraq's unity is power-sharing, revenue-sharing and the implementation of the Constitution, Dr Ashti Hawrami (pictured), the Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Natural Resources, told a London conference yesterday, saying: “The policies of centralisation and discrimination have put Iraq's future at risk ... As of last week (following the crisis […]

Iraq: Reconciliation or Partition?

By Tariq Abdell. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. “…The ultimate test of statesmanship is what to do in the face of war…”   -- Thatcher’s statecraft The upsurge in Sectarian violence across Iraq underscores the blatant failure of Iraq’s consensual democracy […]

Supreme Court Certifies Election Result

The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford. 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 Business News. It’s official: The provisional result of Iraq’s 30 April general election, published last month, […]