Iraq’s Kirkuk oil output reaches 750,000 barrels a day |
Production from Iraq’s major oil center of Kirkuk has reached 750,000 barrels a day, a success story in a country still trying to form a government six months after general elections.... more 15/09/2010 |
One hundred guards for 1,200 archaeological sites in southern Iraqi province |
Smuggling and illegal digging of ancient Mesopotamian sites is going on uninterrupted in the southern Iraqi Province of Dhi Qar, Iraq’s richest in archaeological trea... more 14/09/2010 |
Iraq: a country of orphans |
One in every six Iraqis is an orphan. That is the toll Iraqi children are paying in a country which is supposedly under the occupation and protection of the world’s only superpower.... more 13/09/2010 |
Malaysian firm training Iraqi engineers as it gears to develop Gharaf oilfield |
Malaysian state oil firm Petronas has agreed to train 60 Iraqi oil engineers to help it develop Gharaf oilfield.... more 09/09/2010 |
Iraqi President urges more enhanced ties with Iran |
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani wants to see ties with Iran improved further and Iranian firms given even better chances to invest in the country.... more 08/09/2010 |
Conditions in Iraq have never been as worse as they are now |
The latest bombings in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad, show that the government is losing control despite ostensible measures to boost security.... more 07/09/2010 |
Iraqis promised end to power shortages |
The authorities say they will install “giant power generators” in Baghdad in latest bid to put an end to power shortages.... more 05/09/2010 |
Iraq’s Diyala Province assesses losses in aftermath of U.S. combat troops withdrawal |
The restive Province of Diyala is one of the least developed in Iraq – to know what that means, Iraq today occupies the bottom of the list of least develop... more 04/09/2010 |
Three major housing projects for Baghdad |
The Baghdad Municipality is to build three major housing projects in the capital’s outskirts for low-income families.... more 02/09/2010 |
Has the U.S. won the war in Iraq? If it has, who are the defeatists? |
U.S. combat troops have withdrawn from Iraq, leaving behind a 50,000-strong force ostensibly to train Iraqi forces. Just 50,000 trainers! Imagine!... more 31/08/2010 |
More oil wells drilled in Iraq’s Krikuk |
Iraq’s Northern Oil Company has drilled 31 new wells in latest bid to boost output from the aging Kirkuk’s oil fields.... more 30/08/2010 |
German firm strikes deal with Iraqi Kurds to transport Iraqi gas to Europe |
A German firm has struck a cooperation deal with the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq for the transport of Iraqi natural gas to Europe.... more 29/08/2010 |
Baghdad to get ‘facelift’ before Arab summit |
The Baghdad Municipality or Amanat al-Asima is racing against time to upgrade some of Baghdad’s run-down cities and neighborhoods before next year’s Arab summit.... more 27/08/2010 |
Power shortages in Iraq tell story of a ruined country, a failed superpower |
One best signal of how ruinous the U.S. occupation of Iraq has been is the story of electricity.... more 25/08/2010 |
Iraq Kurds say oil exports will bring them $25 billion a year |
The Kurdish enclave in northern Iraq should earn up to $25 billion from oil and gas exports in four years, according to the natural resources minister in the Kurdish regional governmen... more 25/08/2010 |
Foreign firms race to develop Iraqi oil fields |
The relative stability in southern Iraq, where the country’s most prolific and gigantic oil fields are situated, has persuaded foreign firms to start operating in earnest.... more 21/08/2010 |
Volume of Iran’s trade exchange with Iraq worth $7 billion |
Trade exchange between Iran and Iraq is mushrooming and is expected to be worth $7 billion this year.... more 20/08/2010 |
Iraqi oil firm on $224 million oil drilling drive in south |
The Missan Oil Firm is proceeding with plans to drill 20 new oil wells in two years.... more 17/08/2010 |
Hundreds of schools built and repaired in 6 months in Iraq |
The Ministry of Education has built 125 schools in the past six months, an official said.... more 15/08/2010 |
Iraq plunges into darkness and fuel queues make comeback |
Iraq’s national grid is out and millions of Iraqis are without electricity amid scorching heat.... more 14/08/2010 |
Some samples of Iraq’s rumor mill |
Lack of transparency in almost all walks of life in Iraq – particularly when the matter concerns the country’s future, economy, security and politics – has unleashed a wave of rumors in Baghdad. We cannot confir... more 13/08/2010 |
Iraq retrieves the spectacular gold earrings of an ancient Assyrian queen of Nimrud |
The fabulous gold earnings once worn by an Assyrian queen have been returned to the Iraq Museum, according to the Minister of Antiquities and Tourism Qahtan al-Jibou... more 12/08/2010 |
Iraqi farmers expect surge in production of dates |
Iraqi farmers say they expect a hike in the production of dates in central and southern parts of the country.... more 10/08/2010 |
Iraq to lift ban on import of vegetables |
The Ministry of Agriculture said it would remove a ban it had slapped on the import of certain vegetables which are in short supply in the country.... more 09/08/2010 |
Hundreds of Iraqi Kurdish families flee villages close to Turkish and Iranian borders |
Hundreds of Kurdish families have abandoned their villages as tensions soar in Iraqi territories close to borders with neighboring Turkey and Iran.... more 09/08/2010 |
Iraq and Iran to form joint transport company |
Iraq and Iran have agreed to set up a joint transport firm to ferry Iranian pilgrims to Iraqi religious holy sites and back home.... more 05/08/2010 |
Kurdish region provides shelter for more than 30,000 internally displaced Iraqis |
There are 32,518 internally displaced people who have chosen the Kurdish region as a safe haven, the Ministry of Displacement and Migration has said.... more 04/08/2010 |
Iraqi Kurds biggest losers from stoppage of oil exports from their region |
Iraqi Kurds lose at least $100,000 a day due to the suspension of oil exports from their region, an Oil Ministry official said.... more 03/08/2010 |
Is there a roadmap to get Iraq out of its predicament? |
World conflicts usually have roadmaps to have them settled. For instance, there is one such roadmap for the Arab-Israeli conflict despite the problems blocking a settlement. But the road to p... more 02/08/2010 |
The pros and cons of U.S. withdrawal from Iraq |
It seems the U.S. is determined to play the game it controls well, namely the inevitable withdrawal of its troops from Iraq.... more 31/07/2010 |