Apr 6 2013
By Shaymaa Adel Azzaman, April 6, 2013 There are some parties who are involved in selling oil illegally in Iraq, Deputy Prime Minister Husain al-Shahristani said. Shahristani, who supervises the country’s energy sector, warned that the government was keen to put end to such exports. “Quantities of oil are being exported without the knowledge of [...]
Apr 5 2013
By Noor Ali Azzaman, April 5, 2013 Allocations for the Department of Antiquities for 2013 will hardly meet 15 percent of needs to guard, preserve and excavate the country’s ancient riches, said Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Liwa Sumaism. Sumaism made the remarks amid reports that hundreds of major Mesopotamian landmarks are unprotected and that [...]
Apr 3 2013
By Khaula al-Ukaili Azzaman, April 3, 2013 The issue of the alleged flow of Iranian arms to Syria via Iraqi airspace has divided disparate Iraqi political factions and their representatives in parliament. The issue was brought to the attention of Prime Minister Noori al-Maliki during a visit to Baghdad last month by U.S. State Secretary [...]
Apr 2 2013
By Basem al-Rikabi Azzaman, April 2, 2013 Iraqi experts attending a festival in southern Iraq urged the government to declare Iraqi marshes a national park. The festival, in which marsh Arabs and their representatives took part, is part of a series of activities Iraq Nature Organization is bringing together to lobby the government and international [...]
Apr 1 2013
By Samer Saeed Azzaman, April 1, 2013 Iraq has warned Turkey to halt flights by its warplanes and unmanned aerial vehicles into its airspace. The warning comes amid reports of a surge in violations by Turkish fighters and drones of Iraqi skies in pursuit of what Ankara says are Turkish Kurdish rebels taking Iraqi mountains [...]
Mar 29 2013
By Shaymaa Adel Azzaman, March 29, 2013 Iraq imported 5.4 million tons of food last year to cover its state-run food rationing system, according to the Director-General of the state-run Grain Board of Iraq. The system, initiated in 1990 to offset impact of punitive U.N. trade sanctions, allows Iraqi families free access to quantities of [...]
Mar 27 2013
By Shayma Adel Azzaman, March 27, 2013 Iraq has agreed to ship 133,000 barrels of oil per day to Egypt, the Ministry of Oil said. The ministry’s spokesperson Abdulzahra al-Hindawi said the government has also agreed to pay the dues of Egyptian expatriates who worked in Iraq prior to the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait. [...]
Mar 25 2013
By Fatih Abdulsalam Azzaman, March 25, 2013 Iraqi institution, despite its drawbacks, might need certain revisions or additions that will give the government immunity from accountability and responsibility for large-scale attacks in which sometimes more than 100 innocent Iraqis are killed. The revised institution or the additional paragraphs should also allow the government to do [...]
Mar 23 2013
By Shaymaa Adel Azzaman, March 23, 2013 Iraq said there was no basis for reports that it will fail to handle the surge in oil output expected by 2015. “Reports doubting Iraq’s capability of exporting the volumes (of oil) that will be produced in the future are baseless,” said Abdulhadi al-Amidi, Oil Ministry’s director of [...]
Mar 21 2013
By Khayoun Saleh Azzaman, March 21, 2013 One of Iraq’s most ancient communities is threatened with extinction with only a few thousand remaining in the country. The Mandeans, who are locally known as Sabaeans, were present in Iraq, and specifically in the southern plateau between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, more than 2000 years ago. [...]
