From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The US government is still counting the cost of rebuilding Iraq after the invasion ten years ago. But the office responsible for hunting for millions of dollars stolen in the process is being […]
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk COUNTRY OVERVIEW Heightened levels of violence and increased sectarian tensions dominated reporting in Iraq this week. The relative uneasy calm of last week was shattered by an increase in bombings, IDF attacks and assassinations across the country, with the majority of the violence predominantly in the North […]
By John Lee. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced that Iraq wants to buy Rapiscan System Vehicles and associated products and services for scanning cargo, in a deal worth $600 million. The items to be purchased include: 90 M45 RAPISCAN Mobile Eagle High Energy Mobile System Vehicles; 40 M60 RAPISCAN Mobile Eagle […]
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad warns U.S. citizens that there have recently been incidents of cellular phone chargers being used as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Baghdad. The chargers were left in conspicuous areas on roads and, when found and plugged into an outlet, exploded. These incidents have been reported in the Iraqi news. There […]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, David S. Cohen (pictured), visited Iraq to continue the Treasury Department’s work on countering threats posed by terrorist financing, as well as the implementation of international sanctions against the governments of Iran and Syria. In a series of productive meetings with senior […]
From Jewish News One. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Last week demonstrators in Iraq converged at the so-called 'tent city' protest to hear the Sunni finance minister announce his resignation live on stage, where he stated that "it doesn't honour me […]
By John Lee. Iraqi military sources say they have closed the Rabia border crossing with Syria until further notice as Syrian rebels seized the other side of the frontier post from the Syrian army. Reuters reports that the Iraqi army fired warning shots into the air late on Friday as Syrian insurgents fought government forces […]
By John Lee. Iraq's finance minister Rafaie Al-Esawi [Rafe Al-Issawi, Rafie al-Issawi] (pictured) has announced his resignation on Friday morning, according to a report from Reuters. Addressing crowds of Sunni Muslim protesters in the Sunni heartland of Anbar, he said: "I came today in order to announce my resignation from this government in front of you […]
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. The Iraqi government is awaiting the parliament’s approval of the 2013 federal budget to pay Russia the money owed for the weapons deal. Meanwhile, Iraqi and Russian officials have confirmed that […]
Violence is increasing in Iraq near the disputed Kurdish-controlled northern territory. The Turkmen population there wants to have its own defence force. Several attacks have killed dozens of people in the past six months in the city of Tuz Kharmato. Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf reports: (Source: Al Jazeera)
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk. (Please click on graphics to view.) COUNTRY OVERVIEW This week in Iraq has been somewhat calmer than the previous reporting period with a noted decrease in attack tempo. There were decreases in the number of civilian fatalities with a reported total of approx. 57 fatalities country wide […]
BBC's Kirsty Wark presented a special edition of the Newsnight programme looking at how Iraq and the world changed following the war ten years ago. It includes contributions from former Prime Minister, Tony Blair; former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix; and Chair of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC), Baroness Nicholson. The program can be […]
