By John Lee. Turkiye's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has closed Turkish airspace to flights taking off or landing at Sulaymaniyah International Airport (pictured). In a statement, it says the move is a result of PKK activity in the area. The full text of the statement follows: Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign […]
By Reva Dhingra and Marsin Alshamary, for The Brookings Institution. The opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Corruption is the forgotten legacy of the Iraq invasion Iraq's struggle with corruption can be traced back to occupation-era reconstruction policies and to Baathist-era patronage. The […]
By Gilles Kepel for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 20 years after US invasion of Iraq, what lessons remain? With the Pentagon now refocusing elsewhere, and with Iran getting closer to nuclear weapons by the day, the widening […]
By John Lee. The Prime Minister of Iraq, Mohammed S. Al-Sudani, has approved the recommendations of a committee investigating corruption in the Umm Qasr port. The committee found that private companies operating at the General Company for Iraqi Ports were charging additional fees not approved by the Ministry of Transportation, leading to increased prices for […]
By Hayder Al-Shakeri for Chatham House. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Are new US financial restrictions on Iraq missing their target? The latest restrictions are a symptom of increased US-Iran tensions. But as Iraq's elite find ways around them, ordinary Iraqis […]
By Hamdi Malik and Michael Knights for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Profile: Communications and Media Commission After falling under the control of "resistance"-linked board members, this key Iraqi media institution began a widespread […]
By Jay Loschky for Gallup. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Life in Kurdistan: A Tale of Two Wars? For the roughly 5 million people living in Iraqi Kurdistan, the 2003 U.S.-led invasion played out considerably differently than it did in Iraq's […]
By Samuel Helfont for War on the Rocks. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraq War's Intelligence Failures Are Still Misunderstood Did the Bush administration actually believe that Saddam Hussein was a threat that had to be eliminated with military force, […]
By Michael Knights, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Orbital Fluctuations Among the Iran-Supported Militias in Iraq Astronomical models provide a surprisingly helpful illustration of how Iran-backed armed groups wield power in the MENA […]
By Dr Marion Messmer, for Chatham House. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The interconnected impacts of the Iraq war Relying on weak intelligence for invading Iraq has had a negative impact on US and UK credibility with several consequences that persist […]
By Lara Dihmis, 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 Central Bank Sues Executives of Private Bank Investigated by OCCRP The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has filed several lawsuits against the chairman […]
By Michael Knights, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Planning Beyond a Baghdad-Kurdistan Budget Deal Iraq's bloated 2023 budget has created space for the Kurds to get a share of the wealth this year, […]
