Japan will extend up to 32.7 billion yen ($300 million) in low-interest loans to Iraq to assist the country’s plan to upgrade one of its oil refineries, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi tells his Ir …
Motegi Visits Iraq, Offers Yen Loans
Motegi offered the loans at a meeting with Hussein in Baghdad. He is the first Japanese foreign minister to visit Iraq in 15 years. His visit was not announced beforehand for security reasons. At the …
IBBC hosts member event at Al Majal business park
From the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) . On Monday 16th August The Al Majal Business Park, Burjessia, generously held a lunch for IBBC members and friends, on behalf of IBBC. The lunch was …
Three members of pro-Iran group killed by IS in Iraq
Three fighters from a pro-Iranian militia were killed in Iraq Friday when the Islamic State (IS) group attacked their base near Baghdad, a paramilitary and a security source said.
As Afghanistan Reverts, Iraq Makes Steady Progress
It has a capable army, a functioning representative government—and a need for continued U.S. help.
Veteran blinded in Iraq war: ‘I might have lost my sight but I gained my vision’
Michael Jernigan of Stafford and his wife, KimberLee, advocate for the rights of veterans who lost their vision during combat.
Afghanistan Fall Renews Kurdish Fears of US Withdrawal in Iraq, Syria
For minority Kurds in Iraq and Syria who have found the presence of U.S. troops essential for their protection, watching the extraordinary images of desperate Afghans clinging to a U.S. aircraft as it …
Fake news: Image of Afghan women in chains was altered from 2003 Iraq photo
Photo from Iraq altered to create fake image of chained Afghan women CLAIM: A photo shows three Afghan women chained to one another, walking behind a man who holds the end of the chain. THE FACTS: The …
China and Iraq to Increase Cooperation
By John Lee. On Wednesday, August 18, 2021, the President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Salih made a phone call to Chinese President Xi Jinping. In the Phone conversation, President Salih …
Turkey’s Sinjar strikes carry stern messages to Tehran, Baghdad
As the United States braces to withdraw its combat forces from Iraq, the country’s Kurdistan Region is emerging as the scene of a mounting struggle for control between Turkey and Iran.