Anbar Locals Warn Against Re-Opening Border Crossing
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. Locals in Anbar celebrated when an important Iraqi-Jordanian border crossing was recently reopened. But the drivers who use it say many areas are still too dangerous to pass through. When […]
Iraq Stock Market Report
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 5th Oct 2017). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD759 (-1.4%) / $778 (-1.4%) (weekly change) (-21.0% and -17.8% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
Iraq to send Gas to Kuwait for Gulf War Compensation
By John Lee. Kuwait's Oil Minister, Essam Al-Marzouq, has said his government has agreed to receive natural gas from Iraq in part payment of it Gulf War reparations. According to a report from BasNews, Iraq will initially send 50 million cubic meters of natural gas (per day?), later increasing to 200 million cubic meters; KUNA […]
Al-Abadi meets French President Emmanuel Macron
At the beginning of the meeting, the French President welcomed the Prime Minister, stressing the great interest in this visit and expressed the common desire of the two countries to develop friendly relations and cooperation. He also congratulated the victories achieved by the Iraqi forces and the success achieved by Iraqis in liberating their country. […]
Video: Civilian Cost of Takeover of Last IS-held Towns
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says his military has retaken Hawija from ISIL. It is the main town in one of the last two Iraqi enclaves still partly held by ISIL fighters, and […]
Abadi meets French Business Leaders
By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Haider Abadi has visited the headquarters of the largest French employers organization in Paris and held a meeting with the heads of 25 major French companies. The Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF) has more than 750,000 member firms, 90 percent of them being small and medium enterprises […]
Taq Taq September Production Below Average
By John Lee. Genel Energy has announced that production at its Taq Taq field in Iraqi Kurdistan, in which it has a 44 percent working interest, averaged 13,475 barrels per day in September. This is considerably below the 2017 year-to-date average of 19,398 barrels per day. (Source: Genel Energy)
Kurdish Political Heavyweight Announces Plan to Shake Up Voters
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. If people in Iraqi Kurdistan are not talking about the referendum on independence then they are discussing the arrival of new political alliance with the potential to change the Kurdish […]
What Talabani's Death means for the Future of Iraq
By Cengiz Çandar for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Probably no president was ever called "uncle" by his eminent counterparts and by the people on the street. Yet in every Middle East country where Kurds live, "mam" ("paternal uncle" in Kurdish) was the honorific title […]
New Career Opportunities in Iraq
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraq: Finanzfachkräfte (m/w) für das Projektportfolio, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Senior Advisor Stabilisation, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Programme Specialist, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Driver & Logistics Clerk, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Programme Analyst, Gender/GBV, United Nations Assistance Mission […]
New Career Opportunities in Iraqi Kurdistan
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraqi Kurdistan: Emergency Response Team Leader, Relief International Protection Consultant, Relief International Head of Iraq Program, International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) Logistic Intern, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) Country Finance Manager, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) Protection Consultant, Relief […]
Iraq Recaptures Hawija from IS
On October 4, the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) media outlet claimed that Iraqi forces had fully recaptured the town of Hawija; hours after the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said it launched a fresh offensive targeting its centre. The PMU claimed that the decisive victory came as part of a second stage of operations launched […]