By John Lee. A leading Sunni figure has said that Iraq is not likely to pass a hydrocarbon law anytime soon, as the government has little interest in pushing a draft through parliament. Adnan Al-Janabi, a member of the Iraqiyya party, and the head of Iraq’s parliamentary oil and energy committee, told Reuters: “It is […]
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Opposition? What Opposition? The Incredible Shrinking Iraqiya Party
By Mustafa Habib. 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. Since it lost the race to power in 2010, major opposition bloc Iraqiya has been shrinking, with defections and internal dissent. Now two leading members want […]
Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker
By Nick on 14th May 2012 in DFC Market Tracker, Iraq Banking & Finance News, Iraq Oil & Gas News, Politics, Security
Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]
Tags: 4th round oil licences, Baghdad, Basra News, Dawa, DNO, Erbil News, ExxonMobil, Investment, Iraqiya, Kirkuk, KRG, Kurdistan News, Majnoon, Muqtada al-Sadr, Nouri al-Maliki, Oil, Oil & Gas, Promised Day Brigades, State of Law
Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker
Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]
Tags: Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), Auction, ExxonMobil, Iraq Oil Exports News, Iraqiya, Kurds, Nechirvan Barzani, Oil & Gas, oil contracts, Political Violence, sectarianism, Shahristani, Tareq al-Hashemi, WesternZagros
Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker
By Nick on 2nd April 2012 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, DFC Market Tracker, Investment, Iraq Banking & Finance News, Iraq Oil & Gas News, Politics
Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]
Tags: Allawi, Arab League, Arab League Summit, Auction, BP, ExxonMobil, Iraqiya, Kirkuk, Kurds, North Oil Company, Nouri al-Maliki, Peshmerga, Politics, Total, WesternZagros
Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker
Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Anbar, Arab League Summit, Basra News, Diyala, ExxonMobil, Gulf Keystone, Halliburton, Investment, Iraq, Iraq Oil Exports News, Iraqiya, Kurdistan News, Oil, Oil & Gas, Peshmerga, Ports, Tareq al-Hashemi
Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker
Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]
Tags: Allawi, Ankara, BP, entente, Erbil Agreement, Exxon Mobil, ExxonMobil, Hashemi, Iraqiya, KRG, Kurds, LUKoil, Maliki, PKK, Shell, Statoil, Total
Broad Welcome for Sunni Return to Iraqi Politics
This article was written by Abeer Mohammed, and was originally published by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, iwpr.net. It is reproduced by Iraq Business News with permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A decision by Iraq’s Sunni Arab political […]
After a Futile and Counter-Productive Boycott, Iraqiyya Returns to Parliament
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. […]
Is Iraqiyya a Sectarian or a National Party?
The following article was published on Saturday 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. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq […]
Tags: Allawi, Ayad Allawi, Iraqiya, Iraqiyya, Iyad Allawi, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Reidar Visser
BREAKING NEWS: Iraqiya Politicians Defect, Govt Being Formed
Iraq Business News has received information late on Sunday that between 30 and 34 politicians have defected from Iyad Allawi‘s Iraqiya bloc, and will support Nouri al-Maliki‘s bid to form the next Iraqi government. Although these rumours are still unconfirmed, they are from a source trusted by Iraq Business News. The details are understood to […]
Allawi U-Turn on Oil Contracts?
The al-Iraqiya political coalition, which includes prime-ministerial candidate Ayad Allawi, has stated its objection to the outgoing government’s rounds of licensing gas and oil investments by foreign companies, regarding them as breaching the constitution and violating the law, according to a report from AKnews. This might expose the Ministry’s officials to legal accountability by the […]