Ninawa Governor: “Getting Rid of Extremists is Easy"
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. Interview With Ninawa’s Governor: “Getting Rid of the Extremists in Mosul Should be Easy" Prominent Sunni Muslim politician, Atheel [Athil] al-Nujaifi, who is also the governor of Ninawa province in-exile, […]
More than 370,000 Newly Displaced People in Iraq
With security in Iraq continuing to deteriorate, field teams from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have delivered emergency assistance and are gathering information on the needs and locations of large numbers of displaced people. Because of the ongoing fighting, the teams are unable to reach some areas of the governorates of Ninewa, Salah al-Din, […]
Video: Does Video show ISIS Leader?
From CNN. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. CNN's Hala Gorani speaks to terrorism expert Peter Neumann about video that purports to show ISIS' leader in Iraq.
Dep PM: "I was Mistaken" in Joining Govt
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. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq (pictured), head of the al-Arabiya Coalition, has said that a political solution is the only way to unite the positions of Shiites and Sunni tribes and […]
Change The Iraqi PM's Job Description?
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. How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maliki? Change The Iraqi PM's Job Description The Iraqi Parliament met for the first time this week. But new MPs were unable to […]
Oryx Petroleum "Largely Unaffected" by Unrest
By John Lee. Oryx Petroleum Corporation announced a production and drilling update on Monday for the Demir Dagh field in the Hawler license area in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, including test results for the Demir Dagh-6 appraisal well (“DD-6”). Oryx Petroleum is the operator and has a 65% participating and working interest in the […]
Iraq Stock Market Report
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 3rd July 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,518 (8.8%)/ $1,619 (-8.8%) (weekly change) (-18.6% and -18.5% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]
Iran Denies Supply of Sukhoi Fighters to Iraq
By John Lee. The Iranian Fars News reports that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian (pictured) has dismissed suggestions that his country had dispatched Sukhoi fighter jets to Iraq. In an interview with the Iran-based Arabic-language Al-Alam on Sunday he said: "The Iraqis have not yet made any demands from the Islamic Republic of […]
Israeli PM backs Kurdish Independence
By John Lee. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) has expressed his support for Kurdish statehood, taking a position that appears to clash with the US preference to keep Iraq united. In a speech to a Tel Aviv thinktank on Sunday, Netanyahu called for the establishment of an independent Kurdistan as part of a broader […]
Video: A Divided Iraq
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Competing geopolitical interests; competing media narratives in Iraq:
What Went Wrong in Iraq: The Khedery Version
The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. It’s going to be cited a lot, so it’s worth taking a closer look […]
Iraq Unrest Costs Jordan $113m/mth
By John Lee. Middle East Monitor reports that the unrest in Iraq costs Jordanian industries approximately $113 million per month. The Chairman of Jordan's Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Association, Fathi Jaghbir, said exports to Iraq have "almost stopped", adding: "The unstable situation in Iraq has damaged a large industry in Jordan. Iraq is one of […]