IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Rafidain Bank warns its customers of “electronic fraud” and issues instructions to them

Rafidain Bank warns its customers of “electronic fraud” and issues instructions to them

2024-08-16 03:13

Shafaq News/ Rafidain Bank confirmed, on Friday, its keenness to educate its customers and the public about sound practices in using electronic services in general, and to direct the customer to take caution and care, to ward off the risks that may result from any attempts to access the customer’s personal and financial Read more…

Iraqi Foreign Ministry announces postponement of announcement of end of international coalition military mission in Iraq due to recent developments

Iraqi Foreign Ministry announces postponement of announcement of end of international coalition military mission in Iraq due to recent developments

2024-08-16

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded on Thursday to statements made by the official spokesman for the US State Department. While announcing the postponement of the announcement of the end of the military mission of the international coalition in Iraq due to Read more…

Al-Sudani’s advisor: Iraq’s external debt does not exceed $9 billion

Al-Sudani’s advisor: Iraq’s external debt does not exceed $9 billion

8-15-2024

The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, confirmed today, Thursday, that Iraq’s external debts do not exceed 9 billion dollars.

Saleh said in a statement to Al-Rabia that “Iraq’s external debts that must be paid Read more…

Nearly 130 trillion dinars.. Increase in deposits of Iraqi commercial banks

Nearly 130 trillion dinars.. Increase in deposits of Iraqi commercial banks

2024-08-15

Alsumaria News – Economy
Deposits in Iraqi commercial banks increased in June 2024, reaching 129.88 trillion Iraqi dinars, an annual growth rate of 3.74% and a monthly growth rate of 1.43%, according to the head of the “Iraq Al-Mustaqbal” Foundation for Economic Studies Read more…

Parliamentary Legal Committee rules out passing Oil and Gas Law

Parliamentary Legal Committee rules out passing Oil and Gas Law

8-15-2024

Information / Baghdad..
Today, Thursday, the committee member, MP Mohammed Anouz, ruled out the ability of the political blocs to pass the oil and gas law and some other controversial laws.

Anouz told Al-Maalouma Agency, “The Legal Committee has a number of Read more…

Al-Baldawi: The government is serious about recovering all the money from the theft of the century

Al-Baldawi: The government is serious about recovering all the money from the theft of the century

8-15-2024

Information/Baghdad
MP Mohammed Al-Baldawi confirmed, on Thursday, the government’s seriousness in recovering all the money from the so-called theft of the century.

Al-Baldawi told Al-Maalouma, “Nour Zuhair or others who were involved in the embezzlement of public funds will be referred to the judiciary, which will be Read more…

Politician: Oil smuggled from Kurdistan region is sold for less than half its value

Politician: Oil smuggled from Kurdistan region is sold for less than half its value

8-15-2024

Information/Baghdad
Independent politician Adnan Abdullah confirmed on Thursday that oil smuggled from the Kurdistan Region is sold for less than half its value.

Abdullah told Al-Maalouma, “The region smuggles about 300 thousand barrels per day, and this is no secret, and the government and all political forces know Read more…

Economic website: Iraq will become a global center for oil refining

Economic website: Iraq will become a global center for oil refining

8-15-2024

Information/Translation..
Iraq is close to achieving its ambition to become a global oil refining hub, a report by S&P, a leading economics website, said on Thursday. Iraq’s ambitions to expand its refining capacity to export more refined products of higher value, are now closer Read more…

Al-Sudani announces from Karbala the readiness to launch the largest project to produce ten thousand megawatts of electricity

Al-Sudani announces from Karbala the readiness to launch the largest project to produce ten thousand megawatts of electricity

2024-08-15

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced the government’s readiness to launch the largest project to produce (10) thousand megawatts of electric power.

Al-Sudani said in a speech at the launch ceremony of three electricity production projects Read more…

Parliamentary Wealth: Oil and Gas Law Stalled in Government Halls

Parliamentary Wealth: Oil and Gas Law Stalled in Government Halls

8-14-2024

Information / Baghdad..
Deputy Chairman of the Oil, Gas and Natural Resources Committee, Nehru Rawandozi, revealed today, Wednesday, the latest developments related to the legislation of the oil and gas law according to the political agreement between Read more…

State of Law: The US administration sees its continued presence in Iraq as of utmost importance

State of Law: The US administration sees its continued presence in Iraq as of utmost importance

8-14-2024

Information / Special..
Today, Wednesday, Abdul Rahman Al-Jazaery, a member of the State of Law Coalition, considered the US administration’s statements regarding the presence of its forces in Iraq as evidence of not leaving the country.

Al-Jazaery said in a statement to Al-Maalouma Agency, “The issue Read more…

After 9 months.. Al-Maliki brings Halbousi back to life

After 9 months.. Al-Maliki brings Halbousi back to life

2024-08-14 06:23

Shafaq News/ The State of Law Coalition, led by Nouri al-Maliki, revealed on Wednesday the possibility of amending the internal regulations of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, which is something that the head of the Progress Party, Mohammed al-Halbousi, has long called for, to allow Read more…

Setting a date for the completion of the five-berth project in Faw Port

Setting a date for the completion of the five-berth project in Faw Port

2024/08/13

The Faw Port Authority in the General Company for Iraqi Ports has set next October as the date for the delivery of the five berths project.

The project manager at Faw Port and Senior Chief Engineer, Raed Ali Al-Sharifi, said in a press statement, “The staff of the Grand Faw Port Authority is still continuing its high performance and intensifying efforts, despite the harsh weather Read more…

Forbes Magazine: America seeks to arm the Peshmerga away from Baghdad

Forbes Magazine: America seeks to arm the Peshmerga away from Baghdad

8-13-2024

Information/Translation..
A report by the American magazine Forbes revealed on Tuesday that the United States is seeking to arm the Kurdish Peshmerga separately from Baghdad, claiming that they lack defensive capabilities and the Iraqi federal government’s continued refusal to allow the transfer of basic weapons, while the United States had supplied Read more…

Returning one billion dinars to the Iraqi state treasury, seized by a private bank

Returning one billion dinars to the Iraqi state treasury, seized by a private bank

2024-08-13 04:08

Shafaq News/ The Supreme Anti-Corruption Commission announced on Tuesday that it had recovered one billion dinars to the state treasury, explaining that the recovered amount represents part of the total amount in the case of violations committed by one of the departments of the Ministry of Commerce that opened an account in a private bank, Read more…

Al-Sudani confirms Iraq’s commitment to protecting international coalition advisers and ending their mission

Al-Sudani confirms Iraq’s commitment to protecting international coalition advisers and ending their mission

2024-08-13 02:26

Shafaq News/ The media office of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed today, Tuesday, that the latter received, late on Monday night, a phone call from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during which developments in the region and efforts to support regional and international Read more…

“Plundering the nation of Muhammad”… Al-Hais opens fire on Halbousi: “He left nothing without stealing it”

“Plundering the nation of Muhammad”… Al-Hais opens fire on Halbousi: “He left nothing without stealing it”

2024-08-13

The head of the “Anbar Salvation Council”, Hamid Al-Hais, said Monday (August 12, 2024), that the leader of the “Progress” party, the dismissed Speaker of Parliament, Mohammed Al-Halbousi, wasted the right of the Sunni component to political representation within the government.

Al-Hais, in a statement to Baghdad Today, described Halbousi as “the thief who left nothing unstolen,” expressing this with the phrase: “Al-Halbousi plundered Read more…

MP: The financial resources depleted in Iraq’s ports are sufficient to rebuild them again

MP: The financial resources depleted in Iraq’s ports are sufficient to rebuild them again

8-12-2024

Information/Baghdad
MP Yasser Al-Hussaini confirmed, on Monday, that the financial resources depleted in Iraq’s ports are sufficient to rebuild them again.

Al-Hussaini said in an interview with Al-Maalouma, “What is happening in Iraq’s ports is a systematic draining of its financial resources in favor of influential forces Read more…

Parliamentary Security reveals serious moves to end US presence

Parliamentary Security reveals serious moves to end US presence

8-12-2024

Information/Special…
Member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Waad Al-Qaddo, revealed today, Monday, that there are effective moves towards ending the file of the American presence in Iraq.

Al-Qaddo said in a statement to Al-Maalouma Agency, “There are parliamentary moves that include rapid steps to end the American presence in Iraq once and for all.” Read more…

Al-Maliki: An “emergency” order thwarted the resolution of the Parliament presidency file

Al-Maliki: An “emergency” order thwarted the resolution of the Parliament presidency file

2024-08-12 03:30

Shafaq News/ The head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, said on Monday that an “emergency” had thwarted the resolution of the parliament presidency file, and denied talk about the Shiite component seeking to control the position.

Al-Maliki added in statements Read more…