Baghdad Governorate inaugurated a new water project on Thursday, reports Aswat al-Iraq. The Zuhoor water project in the Husainiyah area of Baghdad, has a production capacity of 800,000 cubic meters per hour, and a cost of 5 billion Iraqi dinars [4 million dollars], according to a statement issued by the Governor's office. The project will […]
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Weekly Security Update for 14th July 2011
Levels of violence rose slightly in Iraq last week. Incidents were concentrated along a belt stetching from Ramadi in Anbar province to Ba'qubah in Diyala province, with the majority concentrated in Baghdad. Mosul and Kirkuk in the north also saw a spate of attacks (as per usual). At the time of writing many pilgrims are […]
Tags: AKE, Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Iraq, Kirkuk, Kurdistan News, Mosul, Security, Sha'abaniyah, SOFA, US military
Baghdad Metro Project Suspended
A project to build a 22km urban rail network in the Iraqi capital has been put on hold due to a lack of funds, an advisor to the Transport Ministry said on Tuesday. Karim Nouri told AKnews that the cost of the project exceeds this year’s federal budget allocation. The 14-station metro line was intended […]
Weekly Security Update for 30th June 2011
Levels of violence rose again in Iraq last week, as part of what appears to be a gradual trend which has evolved over the past six months. Last week saw attacks concentrated around Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk, with several more incidents in Anbar, Diyala and Salah ad-Din provinces. The southern provinces have also seen a […]
Tags: AKE, Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Iraq, Jadriyah, K&R, Karradah, Kidnap, Kirkuk, militias, Mortars, Mosul, Rockets, Salah ad Din, Security, Shi'ahs, Sticky Bombs, terrorism, US military, Violence
Weekly Security Update for 23rd June 2011
Overall, levels of violence fell in Iraq over the past week, but the rate of weekly incidents has continued to fluctuate in recent months and the improvement is likely to be temporary. There have been three recent suicide attacks, targeting provincial government buildings and the police. Two of these attacks have taken place in the […]
Tags: AKE, al-Qaeda, Ba'qubah, Baghdad, Basrah, Iraq, Kurdistan News, landmines, Oil, Risk Mitigation, Security, Suicide attack, UXO
Govt Launches $140m Urban Sanitation Projects
Major sewerage projects in Baghdad and Fallujah are being launched shortly at an overall cost of close to $140 million [168 billion Iraqi dinars], the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works on announced Monday. The ministry’s media advisor, Jassim Mohammed, told AKnews that $72.5 million has been allocated to a sanitation scheme in Baghdad’s northern […]
Baghdad City Rehabilitation to Cost $15bn
The rehabilitation of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad requires an investment of $15 billion [18 trillion Iraqi dinars] over the next 10 years, Baghdad’s Mayor said on Sunday. Sabir al-Issawi [Saber al-Issawi] (pictured) gave the figure in response to a question addressed to him by Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, in a meeting attended by […]
Weekly Security Update for 9th June 2011
Levels of violence rose in Iraq last week, although conditions were not as bad as a fortnight ago. Most incidents were concentrated in Baghdad, Anbar and Salah ad-Din provinces, with an overall decline in militant activity in the north of the country and a rise in attacks in the south. There has also been a […]
Tags: AKE, Baghdad, Basrah, Iraq, Kirkuk, Mosul, Oil, Security, suicide, terrorism, US military, Zubair
$164m 'Fraud' Found in Baghdad Municipality
The discovery of two fake contracts in which officials from Baghdad municipality were involved has shed new light on the extent of corruption in the country, according to a report from Azzaman. The municipality claims that two of its senior officials were involving in doctoring two $164 million contracts for the construction of sports stadiums […]
Tags: Baghdad, Corruption
A Security Review of the Last 8 Weeks
The average weekly number of attacks has risen in Iraq over the last two months. Conditions gradually worsened in the first five months of the year, and while the increase in attacks has not been dramatic, it is nonetheless still a concern, particularly as the US prepares to withdraw its military by the end of […]
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Alstom's Baghdad Metro Project to Cost $1.5bn
A five-year project for French engineering group Alstom to build an above-ground urban metro line in Baghdad will cost $1.5 billion [1.8 trillion Iraqi dinars] and be funded by the French government and banks, according to Reuters. The planned line will have capacity to carry 30,000 passengers an hour, will have 22 km (13 miles) […]
Hanwha/Harlow to Build 100,000 Houses in Baghdad
The Iraqi National Investment Commission (NIC) signed a $7.25 billion deal to build one hundred thousand housing units as a complete neighborhood East of Baghdad. The signing ceremony with Hanwha Engineering & Construction, one of the largest engineering and construction companies in South Korea, took place at the Iraqi Prime Minister's Office Nouri Al-Maliki this […]