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. After more than 23 years under the scope of UN Chapter VII following its invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Iraq finds itself closer than ever to getting out from under that […]
By Kawa Sheikh Abdullah. 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. There have been about 140 fires in Khanaqin’s famous orchards recently. Environmental activists say the city is at fault. The city blames the orchard owners, […]
By John Lee. FLIR Systems has been awarded a $14,361,776 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract. The deal is for the procurement of repairs and refurbishments and logistical support for sensor components of the Legacy Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment Base, Expeditionary Targeting and Surveillance Systems – combined, Cerebus and Cerebus Lite systems that […]
The square facing the Turkish consulate in the city of Erbil, the largest city in Iraq's Kurdistan region, had been experiencing over the past years demonstrations condemning the policies of the Turkish government headed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Things, however, have changed, and the square has begun seeing demonstrations in which participants hold photos of […]
By Ali Abel Sadah for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, commander-in-chief of the Iraqi armed forces, decided on the night of June 16, to move nearly 8,000 Iraqi troops toward the Iraqi-Syrian and Iraqi-Jordanian borders. This […]
By Nassif Hitti for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The outcome of the Kuwaiti prime minister's [Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (pictured)] visit to Baghdad [June 12] constitutes a breakthrough in the relations between the two countries. This occurred two […]
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met on June 19, 2013 ambassadors of the five permanent members of the Security Council accredited to Baghdad, and Deputy Representative of the United Nations (UNAMI) in Iraq, to inform them of the situation and view of Iraq on deliberations currently under way for a new resolution in the Security Council […]
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk COUNTRY OVERVIEW Despite the ever present daily churn of violence in Iraq the country experienced a degree of hiatus this week with a slow down in the number of daily high impact mass fatality attacks that have been a key feature of the period of April / May 2013. […]
This week at the Paris Air Show, Beechcraft Corporation announced the award of a 28-month contract extension for contractor logistics support for the Iraq Air Force King Air fleet, led by its Global Mission Support team. The Beechcraft Special Mission King Air 350ER platform was selected by the Iraq Air Force in 2006 and the […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Families of British troops killed by roadside bombs in Iraq have won the right to sue the government. The Supreme Court has ruled that British troops serving in battle are covered by domestic […]
By Abdel Hamid Zebari for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. With the continuously deteriorating security and political situation in Syria, and the growing fighting between government and opposition forces, many Syrian citizens — particularly Syria's Kurds — have been forced […]
The US Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Iraq's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hoshyar Zebari, on Sunday to discuss a number of issues. Mr. Kerry praised the breakthrough made in the country's political situation and the Prime Minister's visit to the region of Kurdistan, stressing that the US administration always urges Iraqi leaders to adopt […]
