Iranians urged to increase investments in Iraq
Iran is holding a trade fair in Baghdad, exhibiting its latest industries in a bid to increase volume of its exports to the country.... more   20/11/2008

Iraq’s ‘Mulla Omars’
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan wants to bring peace to his war-torn country. For the peace to become a reality he will need to come to terms with the fugitive Talaban leader Mulla Omar.... more   19/11/2008

Iraqi oil exports receding by 100,000 barrels a day every month, former minister says
Iraq’s oil exports are decreasing by nearly 100,000 barrels a day every month, said former Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahar al-Uloom.... more   18/11/2008

Iranian pilgrims to fly direct to Najaf for first time
Shiite pilgrims and tourists from all over the world will soon have the chance to fly directly to the religious city of Najaf, home to the tomb and shrine of Imam Ali.... more   15/11/2008

Tribes to play pivotal role in Iraq’s future
The success of Sunni Arab tribes to contain the once unbeatable al-Qaeda in the so-called Sunni Triangle has prompted the government to rely more and more on tribal forces to reinstate stability.... more   13/11/2008

Turkish President expresses concern over Iraq’s future
Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said he was concerned about the future of Iraq.... more   12/11/2008

Last Iraqi refugees leave Saudi Arabia
The Rafah Refugee Camp in Saudi Arabia is now empty of its Iraqi refugees who had fled there during the 1991 Gulf War.... more   11/11/2008

Dahouk to host Iranian trade fair
Iranian firms from the West Azerbaijan Province are to hold a five-day exhibition in the Kurdish city of Dahouk, Dahouk’s Chamber of Commerce said.... more   08/11/2008

Barack Obama and Iraqi orphans
And finally we have the man who many in the U.S. and the world at large wanted to see replacing George W. Bush.... more   06/11/2008

Iraq asks Iran to return ‘smuggled’ antiquities
Iraq has asked Iran’s help to return any archaeological pieces stolen from its museums and ancient sites.... more   05/11/2008

Iraq’s’ primitive’ banking system saved it from financial crisis
Iraq’s banking system is one of the most backward in the world but it has been a blessing as it has saved it from the current financial crisis that is dragging the world economy into possible recessi... more   03/11/2008

U.S. attack on Syria: illogical and ill-timed
U.S. military incursion on a Syrian village late last month was illogical and ill-timed.... more   01/11/2008

Iraqis lash out at security agreement with U.S.
The U.S. has little favor among Iraqis due to the pain and hardships its invasion of their country has caused.... more   31/10/2008

Lebanese customs officials seize stolen Iraqi antiquities
Lebanese customs officials have seized 57 Iraqi artifacts and arrested two smugglers trying to cross into Lebanon with them.... more   29/10/2008

Prices soar in Mosul as troops mass for new offensive
The government is massing troops in the restive Mosul in preparation for a large-scale offensive to subdue the northern city.... more   28/10/2008

Kurds said to have forced 13,000 Arab families from disputed province
Arab members of parliament have upped their criticism of Kurdish militia practices in provinces bordering their semi-independent enclave.... more   26/10/2008

Iraqi bishops reject annexing Christian areas by Kurds
Iraqi bishops have urged their hard-pressed Christian communities to reject moves to annex their areas to the Kurdish autonomous regions.... more   24/10/2008

Government fails to halt anti-Christian campaign in Mosul
The measures the government has taken so far have failed to put an end to the exodus of Christians from the northern city of Mosul.... more   22/10/2008

Kurds say they can export 100,000 barrels of oil a day
The semi-independent Kurdish region in northern Iraq has the ability to export 100,000 barrels of oil a day, a Kurdish leader said.... more   21/10/2008

Who persecutes Christians in Iraq?
The current plight of Christians in the northern city of Mosul is a reminder of how precarious conditions in Iraq as whole are.... more   20/10/2008

Iraq and world financial crisis
As the world’s richest countries fret about the current financial crisis, Iraqi leaders boast that their economy has emerged unscathed.... more   17/10/2008

Iraq’s U.S.era mass grave uncovered
An Iraqi army unit has unearthed a mass grave of 22 bodies buried in an area west of the religious city of Karbala.... more   16/10/2008

Qaeda not involved in forcing Christians to leave Mosul, government says
There are no indications that the Qaeda group in Iraq is involved in forcing Christians to flee the northern city of Mosul, a senior Interior Ministry official said.... more   15/10/2008

Doctors refuse to work in Karbala following threats
Up to 200 doctors in the religious city of Karbala have closed their clinics, the head of the union of Iraqi physicians and dentists in the city said.... more   14/10/2008

Baghdad not as ‘secure’ as government claims, residents say
The security situation in Baghdad has aggravated recently amid a rise in car bombings and attacks directed mainly at government troops.... more   13/10/2008

Christians flee en mass from Mosul amid new wave of terror
Iraqi Christians are fleeing the northern city of Mosul, leaving behind houses and personal belongings amid a new wave of violence in the city.... more   11/10/2008

U.S. and lackeys blacken pages of Iraq’s history
We read about people and nations who have left bright marks on history. And Iraq as a nation has plenty to be proud of in this regard. Its ancient history is full of achievements.... more   10/10/2008

Ministry reopens files of murdered journalists
The Ministry of Interior has reopened the case of scores of Iraqi journalists who were either assassinated or kidnapped in the past few years, a senior ministry official said.... more   09/10/2008

Iraq and Egypt boost oil cooperation
Iraq and Egypt has agreed to rehabilitate the country’s oil infrastructure under a deal that will see Egyptian firms actively working in the country for the first time since the 2003-U.S. invasion.... more   07/10/2008

$8 billion contracts to generate 11,000 additional megawatts of electricity in Iraq
The Ministry of Electricity has signed $8 billion deals with the U.S. General Electric, Siemens and other Western engineering firms for the construction of power plant... more   06/10/2008