| 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| U.S. combat troops have withdrawn from Iraq, leaving behind a 50,000-strong force ostensibly to train Iraqi forces.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 |
| Iraqi oil exports still below pre-U.S. invasion average of 2 million barrels a day |
| Iraqi oil exports averaged 1.8 million barrels a day for the whole month of June, the Ministry of Oil said.... more 29/07/2010 |
| Vying for top government post delays formation of new Iraqi government |
| Disagreements on who should be the next prime minister are delaying the formation of the new Iraqi government.... more 27/07/2010 |
| Iraq’s largest dam loses 60% of its water reserves |
| The Mosul Dam, Iraq largest water reservoir, suffers from serious erosion of its foundations, according to a senor Electricity Ministry official.... more 25/07/2010 |
| Iraqis’ patience wearing thin, warns Shiite cleric |
| Iraqis are losing patience with politicians who cannot form a new government four months after the general elections, said a senior Shiite cleric and politician.... more 23/07/2010 |
| Kurds have no right to export own oil, says minister |
| Oil produced in the Kurdish region will have to be shipped abroad through SOMO, Iraq’s oil export arm, said Oil Minister Husain al-Shahristani.... more 21/07/2010 |
| Iraqi provinces permitted to construct power plants |
| The government has given the green light to Iraqi provincial authorities to invest in power plants.... more 19/07/2010 |
| Iraq’s Kirkuk seeks U.S. investment |
| U.S. firms are welcome to invest in the oil-rich Province of Kirkuk, an official statement said.... more 18/07/2010 |
| Iraq allows private entrepreneurs to build power plants |
| Iraq has agreed for private entrepreneurs to have a stake in its state-owned electricity sector, a senior Electricity Ministry official said.... more 17/07/2010 |