Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is piling up the pressure on Iraq even as he enters a new era of reaching out to the country’s neighbours, writes Salah Nasrawi …
Feud Between Chaldean Patriarch and Iraq’s President Reinforces Islamic Status of Minority Groups
In 2005 Iraq passed a constitution which officially recognized non-Arab and non-Muslim groups as ethnic groups instead of religious groups. This included Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs …
Iraq maintains its credit rating at B-/B
The Iraqi Ministry of Finance confirmed on Tuesday that Iraq maintained its credit rating at B-/B with a stable outlook.
How girls are moving the goalpost in Iraq
Over two billion people around the world watched the Women’s World Cup Final in August, and tucked away on the left coast of the Tigris River in Mosul, Iraq, a group of teenage girls and their …
Marine veteran trying to get Purple Heart lied about brain injury in Iraq, feds say
Paul John Herbert, 52, of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, lied on a Purple Heart application — submitted to the U.S. Marine Corps through his congressman in October 2018 — by claiming he suffered a …
Iraq arrests 11 for currency smuggling in Erbil
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s national security service on Tuesday announced it had arrested 11 suspects of smuggling currency in Erbil, as the country aims to implement stricter regulations at the …
Iraq-China Trade tops $48bn in 2022
From Kurdistan24. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq-China trade volume tops $48bn in 2022 The trade volume between …
Iraq, World Bank’s IFC agree project to modernise Baghdad airport
The Iraqi government has signed an agreement with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, which pledged to ‘harness private sector capital and expertise’ to upgrade Iraq’s main airport.
Curfew lifted after deadly unrest in Iraq city
A curfew was lifted in the multi-ethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday after protests turned violent and led to the deaths of four people.The curfew “has been lifted,” General Kawa Gharib, the police chief in Kirkuk,
Kirkuk Gov. suspends decision to give army building in Iraq to KDP following demonstrations
A regional administrator declared early on Sunday that a judgement to give a building a building accommodated by the Joint Operations Command forces