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GardaWorld, a global leader in comprehensive security and risk management, has made its weekly security report available to Iraq Business News readers.

Prepared by GardaWorld's Risk Analysis Team in Iraq, this essential report includes short- and medium-term outlooks on the security situation, reports and commentary on recent significant events, and a detailed overview of developments across the country, including the battle to liberate Mosul.

Please click here to download the latest report free of charge.

For more information on how GardaWorld's services can support your business in Iraq, please contact Daniel Matthews, Senior Director Iraq, at [email protected]

Germany has announced an additional $117 million (100 million Euros) in aid to help rebuild the city of Mosul following its liberation from IS; much of the city is in ruins after months of fighting between government forces and IS for control of the city.

The German government has stated that it will massively step up its financial aid to Mosul after its liberation from the IS, who held the city for three years.

German Development Minister, Gerd Mueller (pictured), announced the additional funding in an interview on July 25, which also reported that Germany had up to now invested some $60 million in stabilizing areas around Mosul and its outlying areas.

Mueller said that German support had already enabled more than 60,000 children in Mosul to go to school again and provided 150,000 people with access to vital drinking water.

Most people who had fled from IS have remained in the region and want to return to the city, according to Mueller, who has recently visited a refugee camp in the area.

(Source: GardaWorld)

GardaWorld, a global leader in comprehensive security and risk management, has made its weekly security report available to Iraq Business News readers.

Prepared by GardaWorld's Risk Analysis Team in Iraq, this essential report includes short- and medium-term outlooks on the security situation, reports and commentary on recent significant events, and a detailed overview of developments across the country, including the battle to liberate Mosul.

Please click here to download the latest report free of charge.

For more information on how GardaWorld's services can support your business in Iraq, please contact Daniel Matthews, Senior Director Iraq, at [email protected]

On 19 July, the army chiefs of both Jordan and Iraq discussed the mechanism for the reopening of the Trebil border crossing between Jordan and Iraq for international trade.

The statement was made at a joint press conference in Baghdad following a meeting between Jordanian Lt General Mahmoud Abdul Halim Freihat and Iraqi Gen Othman Ghanmi.

It said that Jordan was ready to provide intelligence information to the Iraqi side to secure the international highway that links Iraq with Jordan.

Gen Ghanmi praised the role played by Jordan in the war against terrorism, and the support it provided to the Iraqi forces to control the borders.

Ghanmi also stated that Iraqi and Jordanian forces had ‘completely secured’ the border are from the Trebil border crossing to the al-Tanf crossing - known as al-Waleed in Iraq.

In a separate statement, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that Iraq is working on plans to secure the border areas between Iraq and Jordan.

(Source: GardaWorld)

Russia will supply a large batch of tanks to Iraq this year, according to the Russian TASS news agency in a report on July 20.

The report cited Vladimir Kozhin, the Russian president's aide for military technical cooperation as stating that the contract was significant and would likely be followed by ‘other deals’.

The report stated that the total sum of the contract may exceed $1 billion and will be facilitated through Russia's Uralvagonzavod Corporation (UVZ), the supplier of the tanks.

According to the TASS report, Iraq made the decision to purchase the Russian military hardware following the successful performance of the tanks in Syria.

(Source: GardaWorld)

The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Qubad Talabani, as well as the Minister of Natural Resources H.E. Dr Ashti Hawrami have confirmed their attendance and participation at the Region’s annual Kurdistan-Iraq Oil & Gas Conference taking place on 11-13 December 2017 in London.

International conference organisers CWC Group have announced the launch of the event’s 7^th edition, recognised as the official end of year gathering for the hydrocarbons sector of the Region due to the unrivalled support year on year from the Kurdistan Regional Government, it’s Ministry of Natural Resources as well as the major stakeholders in the country including:

The Strategic Conference gathers Government and industry senior representatives to discuss the major topics affecting the oil industry including: oil prices, financing solutions, infrastructure security, new blocks available in the Region and the diversification of the energy sector into gas to power and petrochemical sectors.

Senior Level Government Speakers Include:

• E. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
• E. Dr Ashti Hawrami, Minister of Natural Resources, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
• E. Falah Mustafa Bakir, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
• Dr Amanj Raheem, Minister, Cabinet Secretary & Chief Legal Advisor, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
• Dr Najmaldin Karim, Governor of Kirkuk, Governorate, Iraq
• Karwan Jamal Tahir, High Representative of Kurdistan Regional Government to the UK

(View the Event Preview for Speaker Lineup to Date)

Exclusive for 2017 will be the Workshop on Funding which will take place on 11 December 2017, a crucial topic for the oil and gas sector in the region. Gathering major players in the global capital markets, the Workshop will discuss the financing needs of strategic projects, the specific roles of finance institutions in developing products and the opportunities currently available.

For further information and to request the programme, please visit http://www.cwckiog.com/ or email our team of experts on [email protected]

(Source: CWC)

GardaWorld, a global leader in comprehensive security and risk management, has made its weekly security report available to Iraq Business News readers.

Prepared by GardaWorld's Risk Analysis Team in Iraq, this essential report includes short- and medium-term outlooks on the security situation, reports and commentary on recent significant events, and a detailed overview of developments across the country, including the battle to liberate Mosul.

Please click here to download the latest report free of charge.

For more information on how GardaWorld's services can support your business in Iraq, please contact Daniel Matthews, Senior Director Iraq, at [email protected]

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited Mosul on July 9, hailing his forces for securing ‘victory’ over IS.

Abadi’s office said he was visiting ‘liberated’ Mosul to congratulate Iraq’s ‘heroic fighters’ but the premier later indicated he would only declare final victory once final few pockets of resistance were cleared.

His office said Abadi met commanders in Mosul and issued a series of orders on eliminating the remnants of IS in the city, as well as establishing security and stability in the coming days and weeks.

While Abadi’s ‘official announcement’ is yet to take place, victory parades were already reported in Baghdad and parts of Mosul.

Celebrations are likely to continue throughout Iraq in the coming days. Multiple media sources report that 50-100 IS militants from the remain in a small pocket of Old Mosul (approximately two blocks) along the banks of the Tigris, and sporadic violence is expected to continue over the coming days.

Local media sources have reported that as the battle draws to an end, the humanitarian crisis in Mosul is worsening, and numerous cases of malnutrition and psychological trauma have been reported among residents.

Approximately half of the population remains displaced, although tens of thousands of people are likely to return to the city in the near future, putting pressure on the Iraqi government and NGOs to begin immediate reconstruction of the city.

The UN has estimated that it will cost at least $1 billion alone to repair basic infrastructure in the city.

(Source: GardaWorld)

GardaWorld, a global leader in comprehensive security and risk management, has made its weekly security report available to Iraq Business News readers.

Prepared by GardaWorld's Risk Analysis Team in Iraq, this essential report includes short- and medium-term outlooks on the security situation, reports and commentary on recent significant events, and a detailed overview of developments across the country, including the battle to liberate Mosul.

Please click here to download the latest report free of charge.

For more information on how GardaWorld's services can support your business in Iraq, please contact Daniel Matthews, Senior Director Iraq, at [email protected]

GardaWorld, a global leader in comprehensive security and risk management, has made its weekly security report available to Iraq Business News readers.

Prepared by GardaWorld's Risk Analysis Team in Iraq, this essential report includes short- and medium-term outlooks on the security situation, reports and commentary on recent significant events, and a detailed overview of developments across the country, including the battle to liberate Mosul.

Please click here to download the latest report free of charge.

For more information on how GardaWorld's services can support your business in Iraq, please contact Daniel Matthews, Senior Director Iraq, at [email protected]