The British Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, William Hague (pictured), met Gordon Campbell, the Canadian High Commissioner to the UK, to discuss the use of sexual violence by ISIL in Iraq. Recent reports from the United Nations and human rights NGOs point to the systematic use of sexual violence by […]
By Omar al-Jaffal for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. On Oct. 18, a delegation from the local government in Anbar province went to the Shiite province of Najaf to visit cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, under a media blackout. The Shiite cleric did […]
By John Lee. Iraq's exports of 76.282 million barrels of crude oil in October brought in $6.241 billion [7.3 trillion Iraqi dinars] in revenues, according to the Iraqi Oil Ministry. AIN reports that Iraq averaged exports of 2.461 million bpd for the month at an average selling price of $81.82 dollars a barrel. These exports […]
The future of Iraq hinges on the education of its youth and the preservation of its cultural heritage, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) affirmed during an official trip to the war-torn Middle Eastern country. “Education is a human rights imperative for you and for all Iraq – it […]
By Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The rejection of US, regional or international intervention in Iraq is a subject that has almost become more interesting in Iraq than the fight against the Islamic State (IS). The politicians, the […]
By Anne-Laure Barbosa at Edinburgh International Anbar excluded, casualty figures released by the UN stated that at least 1,273 people were killed and another 2,010 injured in ISIS-related violence across Iraq. Taking into account the areas where ISIS are in full control, these figures are likely to be much higher and the data published by the […]
By Padraig O’Hannelly. Readers of Iraq Business News will already know Baroness (Emma) Nicholson of Winterbourne (pictured) as the UK’s Trade Envoy to Iraq, and as Chairman of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC). We met with her recently to discuss the work of her charity, the AMAR International Charitable Foundation, which is facing new […]
According to casualty figures released today by UNAMI, a total of at least 1,273 people were killed and another 2,010 were injured in acts of terrorism and violence in October*. The number of civilians killed was 856 (including 139 civilian police), while the number of civilians injured was 1,490 (including 172 civilian police. A further […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The conflicts in Iraq and Syria have disrupted the education of millions of children as schools turned into refugee centres habrouring hundreds of thousands of familes who have been displaced. More than 400 […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. In northern Iraq, Al Jazeera's been seeing how Kurdish Peshmerga gunmen are battling ISIL fighters. They are fighting control of the town of Rabea close to the Syrian border. Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Fighting in Iraq has displaced nearly two million people as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continue their offensive across much of the country. With half of all refugees seeking […]
Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani met with the commander of the United States Central Command General Lloyd Austin and the US Ambassador to Iraq Mr. Stuart Jones in Erbil on Tuesday. The President and the US general discussed the military campaign currently underway against the ISIS terrorists and the military support of the US to […]
