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Background Ranked the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change, Iraq's environmental and energy challenges directly affect its overall stability and prosperity. Working with the Government of Iraq, the private sector and affected communities, USAID is mitigating the impact of climate change by strengthening water management and governance systems, promoting renewable energy solutions, improving management […]
By John Lee. Baghdad and Erbil have agreed a deal to resume oil exports from northern Iraq. Exports of crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk had been suspended since last week after a ruling from the Paris-based International Court of Arbitration that Turkiye can not allow exports from the autonomous region by pipeline to […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi and Russian governments have signed a draft agreement exempting diplomatic, service, and private passport holders from entry visas. Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Husseini, the Undersecretary for Administrative and Technical Affairs, signed on behalf of Iraq, and Russian Ambassador Elbrus Kutrashev on behalf of Russia. According to a statement from Iraq's Ministry […]
By Gilles Kepel for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 20 years after US invasion of Iraq, what lessons remain? With the Pentagon now refocusing elsewhere, and with Iran getting closer to nuclear weapons by the day, the widening […]
Iraq Business News Expert Blogger, Ahmed Tabaqchali, has just published his thoughts on the 20-year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, for the Atlantic Council. Click here to read the full article.
By Hayder Al-Shakeri for Chatham House. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Are new US financial restrictions on Iraq missing their target? The latest restrictions are a symptom of increased US-Iran tensions. But as Iraq's elite find ways around them, ordinary Iraqis […]
By Hamdi Malik and Michael Knights for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Profile: Communications and Media Commission After falling under the control of "resistance"-linked board members, this key Iraqi media institution began a widespread […]
WFP Iraq partners with the Ministry of Trade to Reform the Public Distribution System In Iraq The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) signed a Letter of Cooperation (LoC) with the Government of Iraq's Ministry of Trade (MoT) to formalize their collaboration to reform the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Iraq. By signing the LoC, […]
By Jay Loschky for Gallup. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Life in Kurdistan: A Tale of Two Wars? For the roughly 5 million people living in Iraqi Kurdistan, the 2003 U.S.-led invasion played out considerably differently than it did in Iraq's […]
Prime Minister Mr. Mohammed S. Al-Sudani, met on Thursday with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative, Mr. Gazi Shbaikat. During the meeting, they discussed Iraq's relationship with the IMF and the cooperation in supporting financial policies and plans to achieve stability in the Iraqi economy. They highlighted the importance of the financial and administrative […]
By Samuel Helfont for War on the Rocks. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraq War's Intelligence Failures Are Still Misunderstood Did the Bush administration actually believe that Saddam Hussein was a threat that had to be eliminated with military force, […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi Kurdistan faces end of era as independent oil exports under threat Iraq's oil export dynamics are facing a major potential shift. An arbitration ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has […]
