IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Baghdad requires the removal of Barzani for the negotiations

Baghdad requires the removal of Barzani for the negotiations

2017-10-25 at 08:49 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News
Al-Hayat newspaper revealed that the requirement of the Iraqi government to conduct negotiations with the Kurdistan region is to remove Massoud Barzani.
The newspaper published a report: the contacts between the Kurdish parties aimed at unification and stop the escalation and Read more…

News of Barzani’s resignation from the presidency of the Kurdistan region

News of Barzani’s resignation from the presidency of the Kurdistan region

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 12:26 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

Revealed leaks, Wednesday, the intention of the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, to resign from the post of president of the Kurdistan region.

“The meeting scheduled for Thursday, the parliament of Kurdistan, Read more…

The provincial government proposes freezing the results of the referendum and opening a dialogue with Baghdad

The provincial government proposes freezing the results of the referendum and opening a dialogue with Baghdad

2017/10/25 8:16

The Kurdistan Regional Government issued a statement in which it offered to freeze the results of the referendum on the secession of the province last month, an immediate cease-fire and the start of an open dialogue between the provincial government and the federal government.
The statement, published on the official website of the Kurdistan Read more…

Decision of the Parliament: Article 140 expired .. Iraq is free of disputed areas except from this region

Decision of the Parliament: Article 140 expired .. Iraq is free of disputed areas except from this region

2017/10/24 12:31

Baghdad today – Kirkuk

The decision of the House of Representatives Niasi Myanmar Uglu, on Tuesday, that Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution expired in 2007, between that Iraq is free of the disputed areas only one area, the center of Kirkuk province exclusively.

“The governor of Kirkuk, Necmettin Karim, is a corrupt and Read more…

Abadi: Iraq is ready to take its leading role in the region and the world

Abadi: Iraq is ready to take its leading role in the region and the world

2017/10/24 18:46

Baghdad today

Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Tuesday that Iraq is ready to take its leading role in the region and the world, pointing out that Iraq has a significant regional and regional impact.

“Iraq is ready to take its leading role in the region and the world,” Haidar al-Abadi said at a weekly press conference held Read more…

Al-Amiri: US Secretary of State is not welcome in Baghdad and I ask Abadi not to receive him

Al-Amiri: US Secretary of State is not welcome in Baghdad and I ask Abadi not to receive him

2017-10-24

Secretary General of the Badr Organization Hadi al-Amiri said that the US Secretary of State is not welcome in Baghdad, and called on Prime Minister Haider Abadi not to receive him.

“US Secretary of State Rex Tilerson is not welcome in Baghdad,” Amiri said in a statement.

“I ask Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi not to receive him until after Read more…

Officials reveal why Washington turned against the Kurds

Officials reveal why Washington turned against the Kurds

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 12: 07 pm

Follow-up / Sky Press:

Officials have revealed that the United States refused to defend the Kurds; to show their discontent with them; for rejecting an American request to cancel the referendum on independence from Iraq.

Given the events of the past, the depth of Barzani’s erroneous Read more…

Masoud assured Tilerson: dialogue is the only way to solve problems between Baghdad and Erbil

Masoud assured Tilerson: dialogue is the only way to solve problems between Baghdad and Erbil

2017/10/24 8:33

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) President Fuad Masum discussed in the Presidential Office on Monday evening with US Secretary of State Rex Tilerson and the delegation accompanying him the political situation and bilateral relations between the two countries.
He stressed the importance of the friendly relations between Iraq and the United States of America, praising the support of the United States to the Iraqi people Read more…

Three Kurdish parties demanding the dissolution of the presidency of the region

Three Kurdish parties demanding the dissolution of the presidency of the region

2017/10/24 13:05

[Ayna – Baghdad]
Movement for Change and the Kurdistan Islamic Group and the Alliance for Democracy and Justice, headed by Barham Salih, in a joint statement on Tuesday, dissolved the institution of the presidency of the Kurdistan region [currently occupied by Massoud Barzani] and give its powers according to the law to the relevant institutions.
The three parties demanded in their statement “to correct the Read more…

Samurai: Officials Barzani party fled with their families outside Iraq

Samurai: Officials Barzani party fled with their families outside Iraq

Monday, October 23, 2017 at 11:02 am

Baghdad / Sky Press

The military expert, Wafiq Samarrai, on Monday, the escape of officials and families of senior officials in Barzani party out of Iraq, considering that the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, acting as an external enemy by destroying bridges and the use of heavy weapons in the face of the armed forces.

“The information from Salah al-Din Resort reveals a state of panic in Read more…

URGENT A source close to Abadi strongly responds to Tillerson’s call for the crowd to return to Iran

URGENT A source close to Abadi strongly responds to Tillerson’s call for the crowd to return to Iran

2017/10/23 11:31

[Ayna-Baghdad]
A source close to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi expressed his surprise at the statements attributed to US Secretary of State Rex Terlson on the popular crowd.
The source told the agency of all Iraq [where], that “the fighters in the ranks of the popular crowd are Iraqi nationalists have made great sacrifices to defend their country and the Iraqi people and are Read more…

Parliamentary Finance: The government delayed delivery of the draft budget 2018

Parliamentary Finance: The government delayed delivery of the draft budget 2018

2017/10/22 23:04

[Ayn-Baghdad]
A member of the Finance Committee parliamentary, the government delayed the submission of the draft law of the state budget for the year 2018.
“At a time when Iraq and the whole region are going through a political crisis that is almost subduing social peace in line with this Read more…

Two US officials deny US Secretary of State any message to Barzani

Two US officials deny US Secretary of State any message to Barzani

2017-10-22

Two US officials have denied that their foreign minister, Rex Tilerson, has sent any message to the President of the Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani on the referendum of the region.

The Washington Post published a wide-ranging American, that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson did not send any letter to the President of the Kurdistan Region on the alternative to the referendum.

Tillerson did not send any message to Barzani as an alternative Read more…

Kurdish deputy calls for Baghdad and Erbil to resolve Article 140 in the Constitution

Kurdish deputy calls for Baghdad and Erbil to resolve Article 140 in the Constitution

2017-10-22 at 14:43 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News
PUK MP Rankin Abdullah on Sunday appealed to the federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government to resolve the fate of Kirkuk and the disputed areas in accordance with Article 140 of the Constitution.
“The need to resort to dialogue between Baghdad and Arbil, to sit at Read more…

Tillerson describes the establishment of the Coordinating Council between Iraq and Saudi Arabia as an important step

Tillerson describes the establishment of the Coordinating Council between Iraq and Saudi Arabia as an important step

2017/10/22 17:11

[Where Follow-up]
expressed the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, on Sunday, was delighted to establish the Iraqi-Saudi Coordination Council, describing the action as “important step” for both countries and to strengthen the Arab countries of Iraq ‘s relations all.
“The Coordinating Council is a step on the road to strengthening Read more…

Sources in the region likely to present Barzani resignation today

Sources in the region likely to present Barzani resignation today

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:26:34

According to identical sources in both Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, Saturday, the President of the region Massoud Barzani resigned today.

The sources, who declined to be named, said that “the resignation comes against the background of Read more…

Government of Kurdistan confirms its welcome to dialogue with Baghdad as soon as possible

Government of Kurdistan confirms its welcome to dialogue with Baghdad as soon as possible

2017/10/21 9:18

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) welcomed the statement by the US State Department on military clashes between the Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi forces in Alton Kubri, Kirkuk province, while welcoming the dialogue with Baghdad as soon as possible within the framework of the Iraqi constitution without any preconditions.
“The Kurdistan Regional Government welcomes the text of the statement of the US State Department, as well as welcomes the Read more…

Oglu calls on parliament to proceed with the legislation of the oil and gas law and include the phrase “oil extracted”

Oglu calls on parliament to proceed with the legislation of the oil and gas law and include the phrase “oil extracted”

Friday, October 20,

Alsumaria News / Baghdad
called the House of Representatives decision MP Niazi architecture Ihsanoglu, Friday, parliament to proceed with the legislation of the oil and gas law and include the word “oil extracted”, adding that the draft of the bill is still in the inclusion of the committees of energy and legal Alniabaten for more than ten years.

In an interview with Alsumaria News, Oglu said that “the Iraqi Council of Representatives is required to proceed with the passage of Read more…

URGENT A US company suspends its operations in the region after a warning from the Oil Ministry

URGENT A US company suspends its operations in the region after a warning from the Oil Ministry

Posted, 2017/10/19 20:43

[Ayna-Baghdad]
A US oil company suspended its operations in the Kurdistan region after a warning from the Oil Ministry on Thursday.
Chevron said today that it temporarily suspended its oil and gas activities in Kurdistan, in the latest setback to the region Read more…

Kurdish source: Nuri al-Maliki is allowed to peshmerga to extend for a share of oil smuggler

Kurdish source: Nuri al-Maliki is allowed to peshmerga to extend for a share of oil smuggler

2017-10-19

Revealed a leader in the Kurdish National Union Party about a deal was the former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had held with the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani, while planning for a second term in 2010

The Kurdish leader said that a secret agreement signed between Maliki and Barzani stipulates that Maliki get a percentage of Kurdish oil smuggled, and be a partner with the Barzani family in the Read more…