The liberation of Mosul, Iraq, from the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters is inevitable, Canadian Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Dave J. Anderson of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve told Pentagon reporters here today. Speaking via teleconference from Baghdad, OIR’s director of partner force development and the […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Tuesday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on Wednesday. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack, fighter and […]
By John Lee. The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), Ali al-Alak, has reportedly said that Iraq's foreign reserves have dropped to $50 billion. According to a report from Reuters, this is down from $59 billion at the end of October 2015. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced plans to narrow the public […]
An Iranian deputy foreign minister expressed Tehran’s willingness to ease visa requirements for incoming tourists from Iraq if Baghdad’s government would agree to do so for Iranians traveling to the Arab country. “I have announced in my latest consular trip (to Iraq) that we are willing to remove the visa requirements or take any measure […]
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has provided funding for IOM to implement a project to contribute to stabilization of conflict-affected communities in Diyala governorate, Iraq. The one-year project aims to foster social cohesion, reduce tensions between local communities and displaced Iraqis and returnees, and support the role of women in peace […]
The Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has said it is investigating a senior official who may have given “confidential data for oil and gas blocks” to a London-based company. In a statement, the MNR said that a London-based company is promoting itself to potential investors as a new upstream investment vehicle focussed on […]
By John Lee. Oshkosh Defense has been awarded more business in Iraq -- a $31,159,954 sales contract for "149 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles and 19 B-kits". Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2018. In recent weeks, the company has won more than $400 million in […]
Top security officials from Iran and Iraq weighed plans for cooperation in the intelligence sphere in the fight against terrorism. The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Shamkhani, and head of Iraq’s National Intelligence Service, Mustafa Kadhimi, held a meeting in Tehran on Sunday. A range of issues were discussed at the […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Sunday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on Monday. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack, fighter and […]
By John Lee. A joint report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Sunday Times claims that London-based PR firm Bell Pottinger was hired by the US military to run a "covert" propoganda operation during the Iraq War. The $540-million campaign was run by the agency's now-dissolved 'conflict resolution' arm between 2007 and 2011. […]
By John Lee. Pratt and Whitney has been awarded a $42,397,600 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F100-PW-229 engine support; the contract is descibed as "100 percent foreign military sales to Iraq and Morocco". The company, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp (UTC), will provide install engines, spare engines, modules, integrated logistics support, quick reaction studies, over-and-above repair […]
A total of 1,003 Iraqis were killed and another 1,159 were injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq, including Anbar, in September 2016*, according to casualty figures recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The number of civilians killed in September was 609 (including 19 federal police, Sahwa […]
