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 […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. At least 35 people have been killed and nearly a hundred more wounded in a wave of attacks across Iraq, while the head of Baghdad's provincial council escaped an assassination attempt in the […]
From Jewish News One. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A packed car bomb has exploded on a commercial street in Baghdad's eastern Shi'ite district of Al Mashtal resulting in at least five deaths and 17 wounded. A recent wave of violence […]
By Harith Hasan for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is currently witnessing a huge discrepancy between the performance of the political class and the security, social and economic pressures experienced by the people. Despite its apparent failure in dealing with […]
By Ibrahim al-Jibouri. 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. Karbala’s famous old city is home to two of Islam’s most important shrines and attracts millions of tourists. It is also surrounded by high walls and […]
By Dlovan Barwari for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. She set her small body on fire after pouring several liters of kerosene over herself and lighting a match. This is how she ended her life after her father refused to allow […]
At a meeting in Erbil today, the oil and gas companies operating in the Kurdistan Region and leading figures from the oil services sector pledged to provide emergency relief to the large number of displaced people who have flooded into the Region in recent weeks. Dr Ashti Hawrami, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Minister of […]
