Armenia Seeks To Develop Relations With Kurdistan
The KRG’s Head of Foreign Relations recently received Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Economy, Mr Tigran Harutyunyan, and his delegation who were on a four-day visit to the Kurdistan Region. Deputy Minister Harutyunyan, who has visited the Kurdistan Region before, said that the aim of his visit is to further develop ties between Kurdistan and Armenia. […]
Pipeline From Kirkuk To Ceyhan Port Reopened
The North Oil Company has announced the resumption of oil flow in the pipeline from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan after being shut off for three days because of repairs to a damaged line. A source from the company was quoted by the National Iraqi News Agency, saying that the maintenance […]
CBI US Dollar Sales Increase After Monday's Auction
On Monday, the Central Bank of Iraq announced the increase of its US Dollar sales during Monday's auction after reaching $16278000 last Sunday. "The total US Dollars sold by the bank amounted to $288639000 at price of 1166 IQD per US dollar during the auction, which included the participation of twenty-four banks," CBI reported in a […]
11 Killed, 28 Wounded in Separate Attacks in Iraq
According to police, at least 11 people were killed and 28 more wounded in the latest violent wave of attacks in Iraq on Monday. Xinhua News, quoting an anonymous police source, said that three people were killed and 20 others injured when a car bomb exploded in a market in the Tall Afar area west […]
MP Demands MoT Distribute Extra Rice
MP, Aziz al-Mayahi, of the Economy and Investment Parliamentary Committee is demanding that the Ministry of Trade accelerate distribution of the second portion of rice scheduled for the Holy month of Ramadan. ''The Minister of Trade Khairallah Hassan Babekir promised to distribute an extra portion of rice for people during Ramadan, while the first rice […]
Iraqi Politician Calls On Maliki to Step Down
By Ali Abdel Sadah for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi politicians and activists are discussing the possibility of forming a “national salvation government,” following a July 24 suggestion by Fakhri Kareem, an influential politician and prominent journalist. The deteriorating security situation and muddled politics led […]
Anbar & Nineveh Form New Provincial Governments
By Reidar Visser. The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. 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. Through last-minute […]
Ribbon Cut on new Bazurgan-Halfaya-Fao Pipeline
By John Lee. The Director General of Missan Oil Company has cut the ribbon on the 272-km crude oil pipeline from Buzurgan to Halfaya and onward to the tanks reservoir at al-Fao [al-Faw]. It starts from meeting point of the two lines from Buzurgan and Halfaya. The 42-inch-diameter pipeline was built in cooperation with the […]
Philippines Lifts Iraqi Work Ban
By John Lee. The government of the Philippines has lifted its ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Iraq. Labour Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz (pictured) said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) governing board has approved a resolution allowing the deployment of new workers to Iraq. “Under the resolution, the POEA will now […]
Iraq Targets 3x Rise in Tourism
By John Lee. Iraq sees an average of about two million tourists a year, but a senior adviser to the Iraqi tourism ministry has told AFP that that number could be tripled to six million. The country hosts millions of Shiite Muslims on pilgrimages to its various holy sites, from Samarra in the north, about 125 […]
Video: Roadtrip Iraq
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Roadtrip Iraq is crossing the country from north to south, taking the pulse of a nation that is no longer at war but neither at peace:
KRG PM Barzani in Talks with Turkey's Erdogan
Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met Turkey’s Prime Minister Receb Tayyip Erdogan to discuss recent developments in the Middle East, bilateral relations, the situation in Syria, developments in Iraq and the preparations for the Kurdish national congress. Mr Barzani was accompanied by the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Deputy Prime Minister Emad Ahmed, Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami […]