Russian-based news agency RT interviews an anti-capitalist campaigner about the excalating tensions between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan: (Source: RT)
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Qatari Jets, KRG and Iraqi Airspace Sovereignty in the Hashemi Case
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
Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]
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After the Baghdad Summit: Implications Regionally and 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. […]
Video: Ban Ki-moon Addresses Arab League Summit in Baghdad
At the Arab League summit in Baghdad, Ban Ki-moon urges the region’s leaders to 'listen to the people': (Source: UN)
Video: Iraq Gears up for Arab League Summit
Iraq gears up for Arab League Summit: (Source: Al Jazeera)
Min. of Transport: "We’ll Stop Iranian Planes"
Iraq’s Minister of Transport Hadi al-Amiri (pictured) talks to NIQASH about Iraq’s role in alleged Iranian weapons smuggling into Syria as well US spy drones over Iraq monitoring Iranian activities. “It’s a lie,” al-Amiri says. Al-Amiri also talks about how a recent visit to Iraq’s neighbour, Kuwait, could see Iraqi Airways flying again. And he […]
Libya Restores Diplomatic Ties with Iraq
Libya has restored full diplomatic relations with Iraq and plans to send an ambassador to Baghdad, according to a report from AFP. Libya announced in June 2003 that it was breaking off diplomatic ties with Iraq and closing its embassy shortly after the US-led invasion of the country earlier that year, following which foreign diplomats […]
Tags: Libya
Basra’s Unfair Share: Wealthy in Oil, Poor in Every Other Way
The citizens and authorities in what is potentially Iraq’s wealthiest oil boom town are upset. They say oil companies are causing environmental problems and Baghdad is getting rich while they’re missing out, according to this article from NIQASH. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq […]
Tags: Basra News
Separatism and Sectarianism in Barzani Speech
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. […]
Toward a New Partnership with Iraq
Remarks by Antony Blinken, Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC, March 16, 2012: Thank you, Rudy. It is great to be here at the Center for American Progress with you and with John Podesta, a great leader at the White House during […]
Iraq Hopes Arab Summit Will Boost Its Role
This article was written by Abeer Mohammad, 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. Iraqi officials are hoping that hosting the […]