Independent Ninawa After the Islamic State?
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. To Be Independent Or Not: Iraqi’s Northern Province After The Islamic State? As local forces appear to be preparing to take on Sunni Muslim extremists in charge of their hometowns, […]
US to Build Military Bases in Kurdistan
By John Lee. The United States is reported to be planning to build three new military bases in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to BASnews, one of the bases would be in Erbil, another at Hareer military base north of Erbil, and a third Atrush, close to Dohuk. The Atrush base would be used for Apache helicopters. […]
UN Resolution "Particularly Encouraging" for Iraq
New Security Council Resolution 2178 Particularly Encouraging for Iraq, SRSG Mladenov says The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General today welcomed the unanimous adoption by the Security Council of Resolution 2178 (2014), condemning violent extremism and requiring States to work together by implementing laws and policies to prevent travel, and support for foreign terrorist […]
KRG Welcomes German Defense Minister
Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani welcomed German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen in Erbil on Thursday. In a meeting with President Barzani and the military leadership of the KRG, the German defense minister stated that her country stands by the people of Kurdistan in the fight against ISIS terrorists and commended the role of […]
Video: The Fierce Battle for Zumar
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. North of the ISIL stronghold of Mosul in Northern Iraq is a town called Zumar. Kurdish forces have been trying to drive fighters out for weeks but ISIL is putting up a tough […]
Living In The Future
By Mariam Zara. This article was original published by Nina Magazine, (www.nina-iraq.com) and is republished here with their permission. I am a 14 year old Iraqi lady with a big dream for my country. Although I live in Turkey now, all my life I was very interested in my family’s background, but now, to my […]
Kurds Ship $1.3bn Oil since May
By John Lee. Reuters reports that Iraqi Kurdistan has shipped a total of nineteen tankers carrying 13.7 million barrels of crude oil since May, using its new pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. An official told the news agency that the flow of oil continues without any issues, and a 20th tanker will be […]
Security Ministries on Hold
By Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. After four years of having a vacuum in the ministries of defense and interior, the issue has resurfaced in Iraq under complicated security conditions and as the country faces the Islamic State […]
PM Barzani Receives new UK Ambassador
Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani received Mr Frank Baker OBE on Tuesday, an old friend of the Kurds and the UK's new ambassador to Iraq. Mr Baker visited Kurdistan at the beginning of his appointment as ambassador. He expressed his pleasure to be back in Erbil and to see Prime Minister Barzani. He said that he […]
"Financial Corruption" in Reconciliation Project
By John Lee. Iraqi Parliament Advisor for National Reconciliation, ex-MP Wihda al-Jumaili, has told Aswat Al Iraq that "financial corruption" was discovered in the use of funds allocated to the National Reconciliation Project. She added that "despite spending much money, the project is not alive". Jumaili said that great amounts of money were spent during […]
UN Envoy Condemns Execution of Lawyer
UN Envoy Condemns Public Execution of Human Rights Lawyer, Ms. Sameera Al-Nuaimy “The public execution of well-known human rights lawyer and activist, Ms. Sameera Salih Ali Al-Nuaimy, in Mosul, is yet another of the innumerable sickening crimes committed against the people of Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)”, said the […]
Video: France will Continue Airstrikes
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. France's prime minister on Wednesday vowed to continue its military action in Iraq until the local army can gain the upper hand against Islamic State militants surging through the country.