By John Lee. Australian engineer Robert Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan have now spent more than three years in prison in Iraq. The pair were detained in April 2021 by authorities in Baghdad in relation to a dispute over the construction of the new Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) headquarters in Baghdad. They […]
By John Lee. The Defence Industries Commission of Iraq (DICI) has said it started to produce armoured military vehicles. Janes identifies the vehicle as the Chinese Norinco VN22 6x6. More here from Janes. Click here to view the DICI video. (Sources: DICI, Janes)
By Renad Mansour, for Foreign Affairs. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Why America Is Still Failing in Iraq U.S. military force and sanctions can't fix the country's broken politics. Click here to read the full article.
By Sardar Aziz for Chatham House. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Why the Iraqi ruling elites pivot to China Over the past 15 years, China has executed a strategy in Iraq that has been incredibly effective. By February 2024, Chinese firms […]
By Adam Lucente for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Who is Najah al-Shammari, former Iraqi defense minister arrested in Sweden? Shammari served in the Iraqi military under Saddam Hussein and following the 2003 US invasion, and was under […]
By John Lee. South Korea's Defense Minister, Shin Won-sik, held talks in Seoul on Wednesday with Thabet Mohammed Saeed Al-Abbasi [al-Absi], the Iraqi Defense Minister. Minister Suh evaluated that the foundation of defense and defense industry cooperation between Korea and Iraq has been established through military education exchanges, T-50 trainer aircraft exports, and airbase reconstruction […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. In key concession to Turkey, Iraq bans PKK Iraq's government has banned the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ahead of an expected visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next month. This comes as […]
By John Lee. A former Iraqi Defense Minister has reportedly been arrested in Sweden on suspicion of fraud. Najah al-Shammari (pictured), who served in the government of Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi from May 2019 to June 2020, is said to have been arrested at Stockholm Airport. Shammari, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, is suspected of […]
By John Lee. The US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina L. Romanowski, has expressed a wish for a strong US-Iraq strategic partnership that will benefit all Iraqis. In a statement marking the start of Ramadan, she highlighted: Since 2012, the U.S. Congress has appropriated more than $3.5 billion to build up Iraq's security forces. Over the […]
By John Lee. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said it is increasing its cooperation and collaboration with Iraq on nuclear science and technology. As part of its Rays of Hope programme, it said it will give more support, equipment, training and capacity building to Iraqis to improve cancer outcomes. Full statement from IAEA: […]
By John Lee. At a press briefing on Thursday, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller (pictured) said the United States has issued another 120-day waiver to allow Iraq to continue importing electricity from Iran. Addressing a question from the floor, Miller said: "... these are waivers that have been regularly issued to Iraq going back […]
By Hamzeh Hadad, for 1001 Iraqi Thoughts. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Is Iraqi Federalism Under Threat? The Federal Supreme Court (FSC) has issued multiple rulings that impact the nature of the relationship between the federal government in Baghdad and the […]
