By Amal Sakr for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. "Living in a jungle ruled by men." This is how Dahaa al-Rawi, the chair of the Women's Committee in the local Baghdad government, described the status of women in Iraq. Women […]
By John Lee. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has signed a $1.1 billion contract with Iraq to export T-50 supersonic advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft. The deal for the 24 aircraft, which includes the training of Iraqi pilots, was signed today in Baghdad by KAI's President and CEO, Ha Sung-yong, Defense Acquisition Program Administration's […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A decade after Saddam Hussein's arrest, the now-executed Iraqi dictator's legacy of conflicts, sanctions and repression still exact a heavy toll on the country:
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk COUNTRY SECURITY OVERVIEW Iraqi’s have born the brunt of a particularly violent week in which the key cities of Mosul, Kirkuk and Baghdad have all come under attack from high impact bombings and coordinated well-planned combined arms assaults. In what is now nearing one of the most violent […]
United Nations Envoy Welcomes Agreement on Humanitarian Corridor from Iraq to Syria The Government of Iraq and the United Nations in Iraq have reached agreement to facilitate the opening of a humanitarian corridor that will allow UN relief agencies (UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF) to resupply their warehouses in Eastern Syria with quantities of food and non-food […]
UNAMI Human Rights Office and UNDP organized a 3-day workshop in Erbil, in preparation for the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2014. This was the second of a series of workshops which aimed at bringing together representatives of civil society organizations and, for the first time, members of the Iraqi High Commission for Human […]
By Ali Mamouri for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Third-grade student Fatima, 8, was harshly beaten by her religious education teacher for not wearing the veil. This incident happened in the Khawla Bint Al Azwar School in the Madaen district […]
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. No one in Iraq is satisfied with the country’s situation. The term “change” is on everyone’s lips, from the top of the ruling pyramid to the ordinary man in the street. Although […]
An ‘Orange Day’ Photo Shoot on End Violence Against Women Day (EVAW), followed by a Programme cum Arts Exhibit and today’s Human Rights training workshop for female Iraqi journalists – these are just some of the series of activities rolled out by the United Nations family in Iraq as its contribution to the global annual […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. This was the scene a little earlier at the mall, you can see fire and smoke billowing from the building. Information is still coming into us, but we understand one gunman has been […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A car bomb targeted an Iraqi police intelligence office in the ethnically-mixed northern city of Kirkuk. The explosion was followed by a firefight between militants and security forces at the scene:
By Tom Walker, Assaye Risk COUNTRY SECURITY OVERVIEW The daily churn of violence notwithstanding it has been a gruesome week in Iraq as insurgents have pressed home a series of devastating attacks combined with a campaign of shock tactics where numerous groups of civilian males have been beheaded across the country. In addition, the focus […]
