By John Lee. A series of bombings has rocked Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, killing six members of the security services and wounding a further 62 people, including 42 security and police officers. A car bomber reportedly rammed a checkpoint leading to the interior ministry and a number of security agencies; as emergency services […]
From Jewish News One. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Scores have died after a suicide bomber targeted a Shia Muslim mosque south of Baghdad. According to this report from Jewish News One, the victims of that attack are believed to be […]
By Ahmad al-Sayegh. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Refining crude oil at home is a major business in eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border. And Islamic militias in charge here are selling the crude […]
The governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq reaffirmed their strategic partnership during a meeting of the Services, Technology, Environment and Transportation (STET) Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) under the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) on September 25, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Iraqi Deputy Minister of Transportation Bangen Rekani and U.S. Department […]
The newly appointed Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, arrived today in Baghdad and immediately assumed his responsibilities as the Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the United Nations top envoy in the country. Mr. Mladenov of Bulgaria was appointed by the Secretary-General […]
By John Lee. QinetiQ North America (QNA) has announced it is being awarded a $20 million, firm-fixed-price contract for its TALON IV military robots (pictured), spares and training. The contract will support foreign military sales to Iraq. The TALON IV robot provides the Iraqi military's explosive ordnance disposal technicians with a man-transportable capability to remotely […]
By John Lee. Iran's PressTV reports that Iran and Iraq have signed a memorandum of understanding to boost defense cooperation. The MoU was signed on Thursday by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Iraqi counterpart, Saadoun al-Dulaimi (pictured), who was visiting Tehran. The ministers described the agreement as an important factor in […]
All executions in Iraq must be halted immediately, Amnesty International urged after 13 men were executed in Baghdad. The organization has been able to confirm the names of nine of the men, who were executed on 22 September following death sentences imposed after unfair trials and based on “confessions” allegedly extracted under torture. Four others […]
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk COUNTRY OVERVIEW Iraq has remained febrile this week with multiple high impact attacks killing hundreds, predominantly in the northern and central belts. As September draws to a close it is clear that the Syrian conflict is penetrating deeper into the fabric of Iraq as groups up and down […]
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk COUNTRY OVERVIEW Violence has intensified in Iraq this week as the ISI stepped up both their domestic and international campaign with a wave of bombings. The impact of the Syrian conflict continues to be felt both in Iraq and Syria. In line with their domestic campaign in Iraq the […]
By Mushreq Abbas for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Sept. 8 visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Iraq caught the media's attention, but that of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, in […]
By John Lee. L-3 Link, a division of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has been awarded a contract modification from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to build the Iraqi Air Force two F-16 Block 52 Weapon Tactics Trainers (WTTs). According to a report from Defense World, this contract modification follows L-3 Link’s […]
