Iraq Business News brings you the latest Iraqi politics news, keeping you up to date with the latest information and developments.
By Padraig O'Hannelly. What were you doing on this day three years ago? If you're Iraqi and were in the country at the time, the chances are that you were casting your vote in the general election, in which more than 6,500 candidates, representing 86 parties, competed for the 325 seats in parliament. It was […]
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 […]
From Jewish News One. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Last week demonstrators in Iraq converged at the so-called 'tent city' protest to hear the Sunni finance minister announce his resignation live on stage, where he stated that "it doesn't honour me […]
By John Lee. Iraq's finance minister Rafaie Al-Esawi [Rafe Al-Issawi, Rafie al-Issawi] (pictured) has announced his resignation on Friday morning, according to a report from Reuters. Addressing crowds of Sunni Muslim protesters in the Sunni heartland of Anbar, he said: "I came today in order to announce my resignation from this government in front of you […]
By Ali Abel Sadah for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi government is awaiting the parliament’s approval of the 2013 federal budget to pay Russia the money owed for the weapons deal. Meanwhile, Iraqi and Russian officials have confirmed that […]
BBC's Kirsty Wark presented a special edition of the Newsnight programme looking at how Iraq and the world changed following the war ten years ago. It includes contributions from former Prime Minister, Tony Blair; former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix; and Chair of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC), Baroness Nicholson. The program can be […]
By John Lee. A member of the Shiite-dominated National alliance coalition told a press conference at the weekend that Iraq is losing almost $27 million per day because delays in agreeing the budget. Haider Abadi, Chairman of the parliamentary Finance Committee, is reported as insisting that the budget is issued as soon as possible. Iraq’s […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. It has been 10 years since the US-led invasion of Iraq, which marked a turning point in the West's so-called war on terror. The pretext of the Iraq war was security and freedom, […]
From Iran’s PressTV. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Turkey has reportedly struck a massive oil and gas agreement with Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, a move that would strain Ankara's ties with the US and the central government in Baghdad. According to […]
By Bushra Al Mudhafar for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. It seems that a prospective national meeting of political parties in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, is imminent. But questions remain as to whether such a meeting can […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin received President Barzani in Moscow for discussions on strengthening bilateral relations and to build on the historic friendship that exists between the people of Russia and the people of Kurdistan. Today’s meeting focused on economic and cultural cooperation as well as on the role of Russian companies in the reconstruction process […]
By Ali Abel Sadah for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Following an attempt by Iraqi parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi (pictured) to restore the dismissed head of the Justice and Accountability Committee to his post, in a clear challenge to Prime Minister […]
