Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani welcomed German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen in Erbil on Thursday. In a meeting with President Barzani and the military leadership of the KRG, the German defense minister stated that her country stands by the people of Kurdistan in the fight against ISIS terrorists and commended the role of […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. North of the ISIL stronghold of Mosul in Northern Iraq is a town called Zumar. Kurdish forces have been trying to drive fighters out for weeks but ISIL is putting up a tough […]
By Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. After four years of having a vacuum in the ministries of defense and interior, the issue has resurfaced in Iraq under complicated security conditions and as the country faces the Islamic State […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Parliament Advisor for National Reconciliation, ex-MP Wihda al-Jumaili, has told Aswat Al Iraq that "financial corruption" was discovered in the use of funds allocated to the National Reconciliation Project. She added that "despite spending much money, the project is not alive". Jumaili said that great amounts of money were spent during […]
UN Envoy Condemns Public Execution of Human Rights Lawyer, Ms. Sameera Al-Nuaimy “The public execution of well-known human rights lawyer and activist, Ms. Sameera Salih Ali Al-Nuaimy, in Mosul, is yet another of the innumerable sickening crimes committed against the people of Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)”, said the […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. France's prime minister on Wednesday vowed to continue its military action in Iraq until the local army can gain the upper hand against Islamic State militants surging through the country.
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Al Jazeera's senior political analyst Marwan Bishara comments on the unanimiously passed Security Council resolution on checking the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria.
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is in the news for all the wrong reasons everyday, but on Sunday, something special happened. Some of the country's best musicians marked international peace day with a performance aimed at unifying […]
By Anne-Laure Barbosa at Constellis Consulting On 16 September, Iraq’s parliament rejected two appointees to head the critical defence and interior ministries, two of the most sensitive positions which remain to be filled. The opposition of the Shia Alliance prevented the parliament from reaching a majority vote, which would have been necessary to approve the appointments […]
By John Lee. Hawker Beechcraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas, has been awarded a $16,625,317 [19.4 billion Iraqi dinar] modification to a previously awarded contract for contractor logistics support for the Iraq Peace Dragon King Air 350 Program. According to the announcement from the US Department of Defense, the work will be performed in Iraq and […]
By John Lee. Swiftships Shipbuilding of Morgan City, Louisiana, is being awarded an $18-million [21 billion Iraqi dinar], not-to-exceed contract for "the accomplishment of continuous lifecycle support for the Iraqi navy." The contract will provide technical expertise in preventative and planned maintenance, emergent repairs, and platform overhaul support services for Iraqi patrol boats, off-shore vessels, […]
By John Lee. According to a report from Reuters, a US federal appeals court has rejected Iraq's effort to sue dozens of companies for allegedly conspiring with the Saddam Hussein regime to subvert the United Nations' oil-for-food programme and deprive Iraqi citizens of humanitarian aid. The court said Iraq's government could not recoup damages under […]
