By Adnan Abu Zeed for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq’s parliament passed a de-Baathification law July 30, banning any political activity by the Baath Party under any name. However, the move did not end the controversy over the party’s social impact on […]
By John Lee. The Speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Salim Al-Jabbouri [Saleem al-Jabouri] has reportedly been cleared of corruption allegations on Tuesday due to insufficient evidence. Last week, Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi claimed that al-Jabouri and at least five lawmakers and business people had tried to persuade him to secure specific contracts and to reinstate […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Monday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on Tuesday. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack and remotely […]
By John Lee. Hundreds of people protested in Zubair on Sunday to demand jobs. Asharq al-Aswat reports that the protesters tried to block access to oil fields managed by BP and Eni, saying that the oil is "being stolen by thieves.” Despite its oil wealth, the Basra region suffers from poor services and huge unemployment, […]
By John Lee. Oman Air has announced that it will start flights between Muscat and Najaf. The non-stop service will operate four times a week from 15th September. (Source: Times Of Oman)
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Sunday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on Monday. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack, fighter, and […]
KRG Board of Environment and Mine Agency brief diplomats on their needs The Department of Foreign Relations today hosted a special session for the KRG Board of Environmental Protection and Improvement and the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency (IKMAA) to brief diplomats on their activities, challenges, and needs. Minister Falah Mustafa, Head of the KRG […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Introduction Within eight months, between December 2015 and July 2016, the National Secretariat (NS) of the Iraqi Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (IEITI) launched two annual reports (2013 & 2014) and Inception Report […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today reported receipt of USD 30 million from the Kurdistan Regional Government as partial payment to DNO and partner Genel Energy for June crude oil deliveries to the export market from the Tawke field. The total invoiced amount for June is USD 38.41 million, of which USD […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has published its monthly production and export revenue overview for July 2016. During the month it exported 457k bpd from the Turkish port of Ceyhan, down from the previous month's figure, at an average price of $32.53 per barrel, bringing in revenue of $461 million. Please click here to view or […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 4th Aug 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ769 (-1.7%) / $777 (-2.1%) (weekly change) (-29.4% and -32.2% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on Sunday. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Bomber, fighter […]
