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. On July 19, outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid his last official presidential visit to Iraq, where he was received by Iraqi Vice President Khodair al-Khozaei. Ahmadinejad’s first visit to Iraq in […]
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk In a similar pattern to last week violence intensified in Iraq this week as the major sectarian groups provoked and attacked one another in numerous shootings and bombings that were predominantly focused upon the northern and central belts, specifically in Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk. We have chiefly witnessed an […]
On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) until 31st July 2014, so it can "continue to advise and support the country, which has been hit by the worst violence in years, to progress on the path to stability and development". In a unanimously […]
From Iran’s PressTV. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqis are preparing to mark the death anniversary of Imam Ali---the first Shia Imam amid escalation of violence across the country:
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The conflict in Syria has become increasingly sectarian as it spills over into neighbouring countries. Iraq has essentially closed its border to Syrian refugees, partly to avoid an influx of Sunni muslims. But […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Will a political deadlock, a lack of government control and spiralling chaos push the war-torn nation over the edge? Mike Hanna discusses the reasons behind the increasing violence in Iraq recently with guests: […]
The Acting Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (A-SRSG), Mr. Gyorgy Busztin, has condemned in the strongest terms the assassination on 22 July of the Head of the Arab bloc in the Kirkuk Provincial Council and Deputy Chairman of the Provincial Council Security Committee, Sheikh Abdallah Sami Al-Assi, and two of his […]
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk NEWS UPDATE In a series of sophisticated simultaneous attacks the ISI has managed to break out hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, from Abu Ghraib jail amidst a military-style assault. The deadly raid on the high-security jail comes as Sunni Muslim militants are seeking to gain […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Oil Ministry has said that exports of crude oil fell in June for the second consecutive month, due to bad weather at the ports and attacks on northern pipelines. Shipments dropped to 69.8 million barrels for the month, or 2.33 million barrels a day (bpd), bringing in a total of $6.8 […]
By Omar al-Shaher for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Two Iraqi parliamentary committees monitoring fiscal policy in Iraq have held two contradictory positions on the Iraqi currency “reset” project, which would delete three zeros from the currency. There has been […]
By John Lee. Iraq has officially requested the UN Security Council to extend the term of UNAMI in Iraq for another year, reports Aswat al-Iraq. The request was submitted by Iraqi ambassador Mohammed Ali al-Hakeem to the United Nations. He requested that UNAMI will have logistic assistance to provide adequate observers for the coming parliamentary […]
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk COUNTRY OVERVIEW In line with developments last week violence has intensified in Iraq this week with the resumption of multiple high impact attacks across the country, especially in the southern predominantly Shia provinces around Basra who bore the brunt of the violence toward the latter part of the reporting […]
