By John Lee. Nouri Al-Maliki (pictured), head of the State of Law Coalition, has confirmed that he will not withdraw his candidacy for the post of Prime Minister, in remarks to Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday. He said that any US messages are directed to the Iraqi state rather than to him personally, and rejected […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Maliki gains shock nomination, but return as Iraq's prime minister far from assured In Iraq, the Shiite Coordination Framework has nominated former premier Nouri Al-Maliki (2006-14) as its candidate for prime minister. The […]
By John Lee. Iraqi sources are reporting that Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has withdrawn his candidacy for the position of Prime Minister in the new government. Both Rudaw and Kurdistan24 quote Firas al-Maslamawi, the spokesperson for Al-Sudani's Reconstruction and Development Coalition, as saying that the incumbent prime minister will step aside in favour of Nouri al-Maliki, […]
By Reidar Visser. The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford. 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. The Badr Organization and the Internal Structure of the New State […]
Preliminary results show that Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's State of Law alliance won last month's parliamentary elections in Iraq, but fell short of a majority. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said State of Law had taken 92 of the 328 seats in the Council of Representatives, putting it in the lead in 10 of […]
By Harith Hasan for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. In an interview with the Lebanese Al-Manar TV channel on April 20, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki challenged his adversaries, who have been accusing him of becoming a dictator and monopolizing […]
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. As a province, Baghdad has the biggest population and therefore gets the biggest share of representative seats in Iraq’s Parliament. And unlike in other provinces, the population is far from […]
By John Lee. In an interview with Agence France-Presse, United Nations envoy to Iraq Nickolay Mladenov has been sharply critical of Iraqi politicians and their campaigning platforms. Mladenov has remarked that not enough Iraqi politicians are campaigning on issues of public concern, such as the supply of clean drinking water, a reliable electricity supply and reducing […]
By John Lee. The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford. 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 Business News. Until now the struggle over the 2014 Iraqi budget […]
The following was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford. 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 Business News. On Tuesday, the members of the Iraqi electoral commission IHEC collectively presented their […]
By Mushreq Abbas for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The newly issued judicial decisions disqualifying election candidates in Iraq have reopened the debate on the standards of justice and equal opportunity for candidates. This time the controversy was accompanied by a debate on the loose mechanisms […]
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 […]
