IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Pictures of the electronic payment card issuance service at gas stations

Pictures of the electronic payment card issuance service at gas stations

1-30-2024

Baghdad – 964
Today, Tuesday, the Petroleum Products Company, in cooperation with Rafidain Bank, launched the service of issuing electronic payment cards at fueling stations.

The company stated in a statement, a copy of which was received by the 964 network:
The company’s general manager, Read more…

Speculators took advantage of the region’s tensions to make profits in the dollar markets – Sudanese Advisor

Speculators took advantage of the region’s tensions to make profits in the dollar markets – Sudanese Advisor

1-30-2024

Baghdad – 964
Mazhar Saleh, financial advisor to the Prime Minister, confirmed that the rise in dollar prices these days is linked to regional security tensions, indicating that speculators have exploited these conditions to achieve profits under the pretext Read more…

Transportation: The speed of the passenger train along the development road reaches 300 km per hour

Transportation: The speed of the passenger train along the development road reaches 300 km per hour

1-30-2024

Information/Baghdad…
Today, Tuesday, the Ministry of Transport reviewed the most important specifications and routes of the development road and the connecting points with Turkey, while indicating that the speed of the passenger train within the development road reaches 300 km per hour.
The Ministry of Transport said Read more…

Text of the US Treasury’s decision to impose sanctions on Al-Huda Bank of Iraq

Text of the US Treasury’s decision to impose sanctions on Al-Huda Bank of Iraq

1-29-2024

The US Treasury Department announced on Monday that it had imposed sanctions on Al-Huda Bank of Iraq and its owner, on charges related to money laundering and financing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and armed groups.

FinCEN identifies Al-Huda Bank as a major money laundering concern because Read more…

A parliamentary committee announces the final touches to the investment law

A parliamentary committee announces the final touches to the investment law

1-29-2024

Information/private..
Member of the Parliamentary Investment Committee, Hussein Ali, revealed today, Monday, that the final touches have been put in place to approve the Industrial Investment Law in the House of Representatives, while confirming that the upcoming sessions will witness a vote on the second reading and then a full vote Read more…

Associated Press: The number of American soldiers killed and injured at Al-Tanf base has risen to 37

Associated Press: The number of American soldiers killed and injured at Al-Tanf base has risen to 37

1-29-2024

Information/translation..
An Associated Press report confirmed that the killing of three American soldiers and the wounding of 37 American soldiers at the Jordanian base at Al-Tanf, which occurred last Sunday, is the first attack of this magnitude on American forces since the start Read more…

Parliamentary Oil: Kurdish obstacles prevent the resolution of the “Oil and Gas” law

Parliamentary Oil: Kurdish obstacles prevent the resolution of the “Oil and Gas” law

1-29-2024

Information / Baghdad…
Kazem Al-Touki, a member of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee, confirmed on Monday that the Kurds have placed obstacles to resolving and ending the oil and gas law and handing it over to Parliament for reading and voting on it.

Al-Touki told Al-Maalouma, “Members of the Oil and Gas Committee Read more…

Politician: The American negotiator is obligated to remove his forces from Iraq

Politician: The American negotiator is obligated to remove his forces from Iraq

1-29-2024

Information / Baghdad…
Political analyst Sabah Al-Ukaili said on Monday that the American side is obligated to implement the Baghdad and Washington agreements and the results of the negotiations on scheduling the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, pointing out that the resistance has a clear position in the event negotiations Read more…

The President of the Supreme Judicial Council holds a meeting with the US Treasury regarding sanctions against Iraqi individuals and companies

The President of the Supreme Judicial Council holds a meeting with the US Treasury regarding sanctions against Iraqi individuals and companies

01-29-2024

Today, Monday, the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faiq Zaidan, held a meeting with a delegation from the US Treasury regarding the recent sanctions issued against Iraqi figures and companies.

The Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement, “The head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faiq Zaidan, received today the US Treasury Undersecretary Read more…

The framework calls on the government and parliament to put an end to American attacks and sanctions

The framework calls on the government and parliament to put an end to American attacks and sanctions

1-28-2024

Information / Baghdad…
Representative of the Coordination Framework, Thaer al-Jubouri, confirmed on Sunday that Washington’s placing some national figures on the sanctions list is merely a measure of the Iraqi parliament’s pulse and a statement of its position in order to use this card against other figures, pointing to the importance of Read more…

A parliamentary move to legislate a law requiring American forces to leave Iraq

A parliamentary move to legislate a law requiring American forces to leave Iraq

1-28-2024

Information / Baghdad..
Member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, MP Karim Aliwi, confirmed today, Sunday, work on legislating a law obligating American forces to leave Iraq.

Aliwi said in an interview with Al-Maalouma, “The members of the House of Representatives who signed the inclusion of a legislative paragraph regarding Read more…

The Sudanese advisor reveals to “Al-Ma’louma” the size of Iraq’s internal debt

The Sudanese advisor reveals to “Al-Ma’louma” the size of Iraq’s internal debt

1-28-2024

Information/private..
The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, revealed the size of the Iraqi government’s internal debt, while indicating the reasons for the accumulation of this debt.

Saleh said, in an interview with the Maalouma Agency, that “Iraq and during the previous years extending between 2014 and 2021, its economy was exposed to two Read more…

Al-Awadi: The Prime Minister pledged to end the international coalition’s mission in Iraq during his government term

Al-Awadi: The Prime Minister pledged to end the international coalition’s mission in Iraq during his government term

01-28-2024

Government spokesman, Bassem Al-Awadi, confirmed on Sunday that Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani had made a pledge that the coalition’s mission would end during his current government term.

Al-Awadi said in a press statement, “The launch of the work of the joint supreme Read more…

Iraq achieves more than $8 billion in oil sales within a month

Iraq achieves more than $8 billion in oil sales within a month

2024-01-28 02:52

Shafaq News/ The Ministry of Oil announced, on Sunday, that the total oil exports and financial revenues achieved for last December exceeded 8 billion US dollars, according to the final statistics issued by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO).

The ministry said in a statement today that the amount of crude oil exports was Read more…

Al-Sudani stresses that beneficiaries of electronic payment will not be burdened with any additional financial burdens

Al-Sudani stresses that beneficiaries of electronic payment will not be burdened with any additional financial burdens

2024-01-28 01:07

Shafaq News/ Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired, this Sunday morning, a meeting devoted to completing government procedures for switching to electronic payment, and stressed that the beneficiaries of electronic payment will Read more…

American bases in Iraq are breathing their last and preparing to escape thanks to the strikes of the Iraqi Islamic resistance

American bases in Iraq are breathing their last and preparing to escape thanks to the strikes of the Iraqi Islamic resistance.

1-27-2024

Abdel Bari Atwan
Finally, the United States of America yielded to the demands of the Iraqi Islamic resistance to immediately and quickly withdraw and abandon all of its military bases in Iraq, thanks primarily to the resistance attacks that targeted these bases in Erbil, Al-Shaddadi, and Ain Al-Assad, in addition to their counterparts Read more…

Al-Maliki’s coalition is likely to postpone the election of the Speaker of Parliament and gives two reasons

Al-Maliki’s coalition is likely to postpone the election of the Speaker of Parliament and gives two reasons

2024-01-27 02:36

Shafaq News/ The State of Law coalition led by Nouri al-Maliki suggested, on Saturday, the postponement of the election of a new speaker for the Iraqi Council of Representatives.

Today, Saturday, the House of Representatives is scheduled to hold a session dedicated to electing a new president to succeed Read more…

The US-Iraqi Supreme Military Committee is conducting an assessment of 3 factors

The US-Iraqi Supreme Military Committee is conducting an assessment of 3 factors

2024-01-27 06:21

Shafaq News/ The US-Iraqi Supreme Military Committee announced today, Saturday, the launch of the work of several committees to work on assessing Iraqi military capabilities.

The committee stated in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency: “Today represents the first step in establishing this Supreme Military Council to enable Read more…

An “election lie” by Biden… An American report discusses “rumors” of withdrawal from Iraq

An “election lie” by Biden… An American report discusses “rumors” of withdrawal from Iraq

01-26-2024 | 03:24

Al-Sumaria News – International News
A report by the American newspaper “Politico” discussed the growing talk about the imminent withdrawal of American forces from Iraq or Syria, amid speculation that this would be “effective electoral propaganda for Biden as he enters the atmosphere of the American presidential elections.”
The newspaper said in a report Read more…

The Pentagon reveals the truth about the negotiations with Iraq: they are not about withdrawing from its lands

The Pentagon reveals the truth about the negotiations with Iraq: they are not about withdrawing from its lands

2024-01-26 00:42

Shafaq News / The American newspaper “The Washington Post” confirmed that talks between Baghdad and Washington on the issue of the American military presence were ongoing even before the attack launched by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, which led to the ignition of unrest in the region and exacerbated tension between the forces. However, it is not a negotiation to withdraw Read more…