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By Anne-Laure Barbosa at Constellis Consulting The Iraqi parliament’s approval of Sunni MP Khaled al-Obeidi as defense minister, and Mohammed al-Ghabban, a Shia member of the Badr Organisation, as interior minister, will provide a stronger political foundation for Abadi to counter the ISIS insurgency. Ghabban’s appointment follows weeks of negotiations and resistance from Abadi to nominate […]
By Anne-Laure Barbosa at Constellis Consulting Elevated levels of violence continued to be reflected in a high number of casualties, with at least 408 recorded deaths over the reporting period. While reporting remains interrupted in large swathes of the North, evidence of war crimes committed by Shia fighters against Sunni populations was described in a briefing […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Turkey's parliament has voted to allow foreign troops to use Turkish military bases. That could mean US and coalition forces launching attacks on ISIL fighters in Syria and Iraq from Turkey. Turkish soldiers […]
By John Lee. A report by Chris Dalby of Oilprice.com finds that the 11 oil fields that IS controls in Iraq and Syria have made it a largely independent financial machine. Its fields in Iraq alone are thought to produce between 25,000 and 40,000 barrels of oil per day, earning it an estimated $1.2 million [1.4 […]
By John Lee. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have reportedly driven Islamic State (IS) fighters from the strategic border town of Rabia on Tuesday. According to a report from Reuters, the victory was achieved with help from Kurds from the Syrian side of the frontier, a new sign of cross-border cooperation. Members of the influential Sunni Shammar […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Al Jazeera's senior political analyst Marwan Bishara comments on the unanimiously passed Security Council resolution on checking the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) this week inaugurated the first soccer pitch in the Domiz Camp for Syrian Refugees to enable the youth there enjoy their favorite game. The soccer field which was established in cooperation with the Domiz Camp Administration is funded by the Kuwaiti government and The US Bureau of Population, Refugees, […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Fear of getting caught up in violence and difficulty getting visas to Iraq are affecting businesses in Jordan.
By John Cookson. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's extraordinary history has turned another page. Jihadists - who only 3 weeks ago swept into northern Iraq - have now declared thousands square kilometres between Aleppo jn Syria and the governorate of […]
UNICEF received one million doses of polio vaccine in Erbil on Saturday, marking the first ever occasion of such a delivery directly to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I). Following on its recent agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to greatly expand immunization efforts in the KR-I, Saturday’s shipment will support the joint UNICEF, […]
From CNN. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Does Iraq need U.S. airstrikes, if it has Syria? CNN's Jim Sciutto reports.
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's neighbours tighten security as conflict in Iraq expands. Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf reports from Baghdad:
