By Amberin Zaman for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq, KRG leaders cancel meetings with Iran's FM at Davos over missile row Tensions between Baghdad and Tehran have flared since the Monday attack, which Tehran claimed targeted an […]
By John Lee. Local sources in Iraqi Kurdistan have said that one of the region's most prominent business leaders was killed in last night's attack by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on targets in Erbil. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) Foreign Relations Office said: "Initial reports indicate […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran, Naseer Abdul Mohsen Abdullah Al-Karawi, for consultations, following missile attacks by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on targets in Erbil overnight. The attacks causing several deaths and injuries. In a statement, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional […]
By Aisha Kehoe Down, for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq Deploys Special Forces to Baghdad Airport to Increase Security Iraqi authorities have deployed special forces to increase security at Baghdad International Airport […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Commission of Integrity has ordered five years "severe imprisonment" for the former Director of Customs at the Trebil (Tarbiel, Trebil) border crossing (pictured) between Iraq and Jordan. The director was also required to pay back 78 billion dinars ($60 million) to the state treasury. The decision was made following an investigation […]
By John Lee. Hundreds of Yazidi-Americans have filed a civil lawsuit against French conglomerate Lafarge, seeking to hold the company accountable for its admitted criminal conspiracy with the so-called Islamic State group (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), and to obtain justice for the Yazidi people. Nobel Prize winner and human rights activist Nadia Murad is the lead […]
By Dana Taib Menmy for The New Arab. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq grants investment rights to PMF-linked company for one million palm trees in Samawah Desert Iraqi and US scholars have raised questions about the project's feasibility, accusing the […]
By John Lee. The commander of Nineveh Operations Command for the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) has reportedly told Shafaq News Agency that over 35 percent of the concrete security barrier project along the Iraqi-Syrian border has been completed. More here. (Source: Shafaq)
The Government of Denmark Provides Additional Contribution to UNMAS in Support of the Mine Action Sector in Iraq The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of DKK 22,000,000 (approximately USD 3,168,659) from the Government of Denmark, which will contribute to support the Government of Iraq (GoI) to protect civilians […]
By John Lee. Australian engineer Robert Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan have now spent 1,000 days in prison in Iraq. The pair were detained in April 2021 by authorities in Baghdad in relation to a dispute over the construction of the new Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) headquarters in Baghdad. They have been […]
By John Lee. US-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has been awarded a $13,541,434 definitization modification (PZ0001) to previously awarded contract FA8553-23-F-0007 for C-130J contract logistic support. The contract modification definitizes prices for contractor sustainment support services to include technical assistance, logistics support, aircraft maintenance support, repair and procurement of C-130J spares, repair and procurement of C-130J […]
By Michael Knights, Hamdi Malik and Crispin Smith, for the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's New Regime Change: How Tehran-Backed Terrorist Organizations and Militias Captured the Iraqi State A comprehensive study of the […]
