By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has launched a lending initiative aimed at reducing unemployment by providing job opportunities for registered unemployed citizens. Under the programme, the Ministry's Department of Labour and Vocational Training -- through its Small Projects Funds -- will issue loans for the purchase of modern passenger vehicles […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Airways has launched its first domestic flights between Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) and Mosul International Airport, starting on Thursday, 6 November 2025. Director General Manaf Abdul-Munim Ajil confirmed that all technical and administrative preparations have been completed to begin regular flights between Baghdad and Mosul, in coordination with the Iraqi Civil […]
By John Lee. The heads of Iran and Iraq railways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the Shalamcheh-Basra Railway. The agreement was signed at the Iranian consulate in Basra, marking a significant step towards the development of this crucial infrastructure project. Miad Salehi, the head of Islamic Republic of Iran […]
According to The Express Tribune, Iraq’s Kurdistan region is exporting crude oil by truck to an Iranian port for shipping to Asia, using a trade route that is likely to anger both Baghdad and Washington. In a dispute largely over revenue sharing, Kurdistan’s crude exports through a pipeline controlled by the Iraqi central government, dried […]
Lufthansa is resuming flights to Iraq on 25 April 2010 with services from Frankfurt to the city of Erbil in Northern Iraq and will run four flights per week on this new route.
Minister of Transport Amr Abdul Jabbar has announced that his ministry has decided to fix employees with diploma degrees and others with higher education onto the permanent staff in the Iraqi Harbours Company. Eye Media Agency quoted Abdul Jabbar during the monthly tour of Um Qassr harbours, 85 km south Basra province, as saying" this […]
