The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that it is providing assistance to an Irish citizen who has reportedly been detained in Iraq. Yasser Eljuboori, an anti-corruption advocate born in Iraq …
Iraq Reopens Al-Shamal Refinery After A Decade Of Inactivity
(MENAFN- Iraq Business News) By John Lee. On Friday, Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani reopened the al-Shamal refinery at the Baiji Refinery complex. The plant has been rehabilitated by the …
Weak sales put Duhok car dealerships out of business
The Kurdistan Region’s economy was slashed when oil exports were halted last March following a court ruling on a dispute between Turkey and Iraq over the Region’s … The dire economic situation has …
Christian parties blame KDP, PUK for losing quota seats in Iraq court ruling
A major ruling by Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court on Wednesday labeled the 11 quota seats in the Kurdistan Region’s parliament reserved for ethnic and religious minorities as “unconstitutional,” …
Iraq captures 2 Islamic State group members outside country
ERBIL, Iraq — Iraq’s authorities have captured two members of the Islamic State group in an operation outside the country and brought them back to Iraq, where they confessed to committing crimes …
IDPs ask Iraq to keep Kurdistan Region schools open
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Educators, parents, and civil society organizations are protesting a decision by the Iraqi education ministry to shut its representation offices that oversee …
Iraq’s US Embassy Hires Squire Patton Boggs
(MENAFN- Iraq Business News) By John Lee. Washington DC-based lobbying and legal services firm Squire Patton Boggs has reported that it, and partner Edward J. Newberry, will perform work on behalf of …
Iraq reopens largest oil refinery after decade-long shutdown
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Friday presided over the reopening of the country’s largest oil refinery that was captured by the Islamic State (ISIS) …
Report to Congress on Iraq and U.S. Military Presence
The following is the Congressional Research Service Insight Feb. 16, 2024, report Iraq: Attacks and U.S. Strikes Reopen Discussion of U.S. Military Presence. From the report Iran-backed armed groups …
Chemical weapons watchdog blames Islamic State for 2015 Syria attack
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Thursday identified Islamic State militants in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as the likely perpetrator of a chemical weapons attack in …