From CNN. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi government continues to claim that they are gaining ground against ISIS militants. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The president of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq has asked his parliament to prepare for a referendum on independence, potentially paving the way for the break-up of the country of Iraq. Al […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday rejected an assertion by the country's autonomous Kurdish region that its control of disputed territory is here to stay.
By John Lee. The head of GE’s Middle East operations has told Arabian Business that there is huge potential in Iraq, but says he expects delays in the decision making and execution of significant infrastructure projects as civil unrest in the country grows. Nabil Habayeb (pictured) said: “What’s happening in Iraq concerns us first of […]
By John Lee. Citing Russian state media, IHS Jane's 360 reports that Iraq has taken delivery of its first three Mil Mi-28NE 'Havoc' (Night Hunter) attack helicopters, as well as additional four Mil Mi-35M 'Hind' assault helicopters (pictured). The helicopters arrived aboard Antonov An-124 'Condor' transport aircraft and were delivered in a combat configuration, with […]
Amnesty International has spoken to recently released detainees from the Yezidi community who were captured by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Iraq, as well as to family members of those still held by the group. At least 24 Iraqi border guards and soldiers were captured by ISIS last month in north […]
By John Lee. The Pentagon said on Tuesday that the US has sent Apache attack helicopters (pictured) to Iraq. The Hill reports that officials would not say how many of the armed helicopters have been sent to the country, stating only that they will be based in Baghdad and could assist with evacuations of American […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian gives a press conference in Moscow after talks on the situation in Iraq where jihadists seized vast territories.
From CNN. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. CNN's Phil Black gives us a look around the Su-25 warplane, the model that Iraq has bought from Russia.
By Anne-Laure Barbosa at Constellis Consulting As ISIS consolidates its positions and increases its territorial control across the north and west of Iraq, its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced the creation of an ‘Islamic Caliphate’ on 29 June in areas overrun by insurgents. While largely symbolic, this announcement represents another blow to the central government, which […]
By John Lee. An official source at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered $500 million of humanitarian aid for Iraqi people affected by the recent tragic events, including displaced people, regardless of their religious, doctrinal or ethnic affiliations. The United Nations Secretary General […]
According to casualty figures released today by UNAMI, a total of at least 2,417 Iraqis were killed and another 2,287 were injured in acts of terrorism and violence in June. (Data do not take into account casualties of the current IA operation in Anbar, for which we report at the bottom the figures received by […]
