Video: Al-Qaeda Winning Fight for Fallujah
From Jewish News One. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Al-Qaeda-linked militants have strengthened their clutch on Fallujah, a city near Baghdad that was seized from the government weeks ago. The city was formerly a hot spot during the US occupation of […]
STX Wins More Iraq Business
Korea's STX Heavy Industries has announced another major contract win in Iraq. The $99.5-million deal will see the company build a new gas treatment facility at the Gharraf [Garraf] oilfield. Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas holds 45 percent of the Gharraf project, Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) 30 percent, and Iraq’s North Oil Company (NOC) 25 percent. […]
Bristol VMD Delivers Emergency Vehicles to Iraq
Abu Dhabi's Bristol Vehicle Manufacturing Division (Bristol VMD) has announced it has rolled out seven new fire-fighting and emergency response vehicles as part of a multimillion-dollar contract with Russia's Gazprom Neft. ConstructionWeekOnline reports that the new fleet of vehicles -- five oilfield fire-fighting vehicles, one rescuer and pollution-control vehicle, and a water and foam support trailer […]
EU announces €75m Support for Iraq
Around €75 million of development support will be made available to Iraq during the period 2014 – 2020, has today announced European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs (pictured), during a meeting with the Iraqi delegation led by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. The three proposed main areas of cooperation are: Rule of Law and Human Rights, […]
CNN Reporter goes Back to Iraq
From CNN. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. CNN's Michael Holmes has visited Iraq 14 times since 2003. He reflects on what's changed -- and what hasn't:
Swedish Diplomat Visits DFR
The Head of the Swedish Embassy’s Section Office in Erbil, Jessica Svärdström, who is also the Deputy Head of Mission at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, met with the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign (DFR), Minister Falah Mustafa and the Assistant Head of the DFR, Siham Jabali, to discuss relations and matters of […]
"Slaughter of Journalists in Iraq Must End Now"
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has issued a renewed plea for Iraqi authorities to step up their efforts to protect the safety of journalists following the murder of reporter Firas Mohammed Attiyah today, Monday 20 January. According to IFJ affiliate, the Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate (IJS), Attiyah, who worked for Fallujah TV, was killed in […]
UNAMI Half Yearly Report on Human Rights
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released the Half Yearly Report on Human Rights, covering the period from January to June 2013. Reports on the human rights situation in Iraq are published by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) in cooperation […]
Iraq "a Hotbed of Human Trafficking"
By Amal Sakr for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Heartland Alliance, a US organization that deals with human rights issues, has tracked 100 cases of human trafficking in Iraq during the past two years. Razan Dyler, a representative of the […]
Iraq Stock Market Report
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 16th January 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,889 (+1.9%)/ $2,005 (+1.8%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 4.3bn and the weekly trading […]
UN Aid Reaching Refugees
UN High Commissioner António Guterres is in Iraq as part of a delegation of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and ahead of tomorrow's pledging conference in Kuwait. This morning, they have been at the Kawergosk refugee camp near Erbil in northern Iraq, talking to refugee families and seeing the facilities. Kawergosk hosts 13,000 Syrian refugees who […]
US, Iraq Conference on Provincial Powers Law
On Sunday, January 12, Ambassador Stephen Beecroft joined Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki in opening the First National Conference on Developing a Roadmap for Implementing Law 21, at the Royal Tulip Hotel in Baghdad. Prime Minister Maliki, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs TorhanAl-Mufti, and Ambassador Beecroft, gave opening remarks at the conference which was attended […]