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Hill International to Manage Construction of Anbar Stadium

Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports to provide project management services in connection with construction of the new Al Anbar Olympic Stadium in Al Anbar, Iraq. The two-year contract has an estimated value to […]

Investor Guides Assist Opportunity Seekers

In his joint press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on December 12, 2011, President Barak Obama noted that “In the coming years, it’s estimated that Iraq’s economy will grow even faster than China’s or India’s.” Foreign and regional investors interested in Iraq’s economic potential, but uncertain about the country’s investment regulations, arbitration laws […]

Weekly Security Update for 2nd November 2011

Levels of violence rose in Iraq over the past week, with the highest number of weekly attacks recorded since mid-August. At least 80 people were killed and 197 injured nationwide, with incidents concentrated in Baghdad, Mosul and Babil province. There was also sporadic violence in towns such as Kut, Fallujah and Ba’qubah.   North Turkish […]

Weekly Security Update for 19th October 2011

At least 76 people were killed and 184 injured in nationwide attacks in Iraq last week. This is a rise from the previous week and largely attributable to a series of attacks in Baghdad. A series of bombing and suicide attacks targeting the police in the capital left numerous people dead on 12 October. The […]

Iraq Signs Final Akkas Gas Deal with KOGAS

Iraq's oil ministry has signed a final deal with Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) to develop its Akkas gas field in the western province of Anbar, according to Reuters. Along with Kazakhstan’s KazMunaiGas, KOGAS won the rights to develop the Akkas field during Iraq’s third energy bidding round last October. But KazMunaiGas pulled out of the […]

Conditions Improve in Iraq

Despite Monday’s deadly attack against a police facility in Anbar province, overall levels of violence declined in Iraq over recent months. At least 676 people were killed between July and September as a result of over 700 separate terrorist and militant attacks. This constituted an improvement from the second quarter of the year (April-June) when […]

Weekly Security Update for 22nd September 2011

Levels of violence rose in Iraq over the past week. Conditions are still quieter than July and June but they have been gradually worsening over the course of September. Last week saw a series of brutal attacks, mainly in the central region, affecting Baghdad and the provinces of Anbar and Babil. Mosul in the north […]

Harnaz Sponsors Anbar Investment Conference

Harnaz Group is pleased to announce its strategic level sponsorship of the Al Anbar 2nd Annual International Investment Conference to be held in Istanbul, Turkey on October 24-26. Harnaz Group which operates in several sectors such as pharmaceuticals, power, construction, insurance and general trading, has achieved and maintained a leading strategic position in Iraq. With […]

Weekly Security Update for 14th September 2011

  Levels of violence rose slightly in Iraq over the past week, with attacks concentrated in Baghdad and the districts surrounding it, as well as the two northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk. There was also a slight spike in activity around the town of Dujayl in Salah ad-Din province. While bombings around the country […]

A Return of Illegal Checkpoints?

Illegal checkpoints may be making a resurgence in Iraq. On 12 September militants stopped and killed several Shi'ah pilgrims at one such installation in Anbar province. Recent months have seen a number of similar facilities being set up by armed militants, mainly in the central provinces, but also around some parts of the north of […]

New Oil and Gas Field Discovered in Anbar

Iraq has discovered an oil and gas field in Anbar province in the west of the country, Bloomberg reports. The Khasfah [Khasfa] field is between Al-Qaim and Rawa, Saadoun al-Shaalan, deputy head of the Anbar province council, said today in a statement. No data on the field’s reserves are available, according to the statement. (Source: […]

Weekly Security Update for 8th September 2011

Levels of violence fell considerably in Iraq last week, with a drop by half in the number of incidents being reported from the previous week. Violence was concentrated in Baghdad and Mosul whereas there was an improvement in conditions in the provinces of Anbar, Diyala, Salah ad-Din and Ta’mim. The south of the country was […]