USA TODAY reporter Jim Michaels elaborates on life in Iraq six months after U.S. combat troops left. (Source: USA Today)
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Exactly How Many MPs Are Ready to Vote Out Maliki?
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 Business News. […]
Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker
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KRG Hosts Activity Update with UN Agencies
The KRG Department of Foreign Relations and the UN agencies in Kurdistan have agreed to strengthen mechanisms for sharing information. The meeting was organised by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Department of Foreign Relations (DFR) to provide an opportunity for a comprehensive activity report between the DFR and the various UN agencies, as well as […]
Arab-Kurdish Rapprochement in Northern Iraqi Region
This article was written by Ahmed Younis, Khalid Waleed and Mustafa Mohammed, and was originally published by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, iwpr.net. It is reproduced by Iraq Business News with permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Residents of […]
United States Taking the Backseat in Iraq
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 Business News. […]
How to Sack an Iraqi Prime Minister
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 Business News. […]
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Iran "Seeks to Sabotage Iraq's Oil Drive"
According to a report from UPI, global security consultancy Stratfor says Iran is systematically stealing Iraq's oil, either by siphoning it off from pipelines to boost its own exports, or by extending its control over Iraq's southern oilfields in Shiite-controlled Basra province: "Iran's deep political, economic and militant links in Iraq -- particularly in the […]
Kurdish MP: Oil Licences Violate Iraqi Constitution
MP Firhad al-Atroushi of the Kurdistani Alliance, and a member of the Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee, has reportedly described Iraq's 4th round energy auction "a violation to the Iraqi Constitution." He added that it represents a legal problem since it is supposed to be overseen and supervised by the Parliament: "The Kurdistani Alliance has […]
US Ambassador Bids Farewell to Kurdistan Region
President Masoud Barzani welcomed US Ambassador James Jeffrey on Sunday for a farewell visit to the Region as he concludes his term in Iraq. Ambassador Jeffrey thanked President Barzani and the Kurdistan Regional Government for their important role during his two year posting in Iraq. “I thank you for your support and cooperation. Under your […]
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