IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Urgent : Iran closed border crossings with the region at the request of Baghdad

Urgent : Iran closed border crossings with the region at the request of Baghdad

2017/10/15 18:12

[Ayna-Baghdad]
The Foreign Ministry announced that Iran’s closure of the border crossings with the Kurdistan region was at the request of Baghdad.
“At the request of the Iraqi government, the Islamic Republic of Iran closed today the official border crossings with the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as part of the Read more…

The Government: There is no dialogue on the referendum because it is totally rejected

The Government: There is no dialogue on the referendum because it is totally rejected

15/10/2017 12:00 am

President of the Republic denied the transfer of conditions from Baghdad to the Kurdish leadership
Baghdad / follow-up The morning
denied the presidency of the Republic on Saturday, press reports talked about the transfer of President Fuad Masum, a letter or conditions from the Iraqi government to the Kurdish leadership in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, during Read more…

Newspaper: For these reasons, Barzani went to Russia and left his American ally

Newspaper: For these reasons, Barzani went to Russia and left his American ally

2017/10/14 10:45

Baghdad today – follow-up

Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that the reason for the Kurdish President Massoud Barzani to go to Moscow asking them to intervene with Tehran to calm the crisis in Iraq is due to the realization that American influence eroded in the region for the benefit of the Russians. The newspaper said.

“Most likely, Baghdad and Erbil, and behind them Iran and America, Read more…

Al-Rafidain: MasterCard offers its customers several banking advantages

Al-Rafidain: MasterCard offers its customers several banking advantages

10-14-2017

Al-Rafidain Bank announced on Saturday that the MasterCard card issued by its branches to employees and citizens provides its customers with several banking benefits from their loans and advances.

The Bank’s Information Office said in a statement that “the banking services provided by the bank through electronic payment tools Read more…

Erbil: Five conditions to end the crisis with Baghdad

Erbil: Five conditions to end the crisis with Baghdad

Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 11:40 am

Baghdad / Sky Press

Erbil, on Saturday, the government of Baghdad five conditions to resolve financial and oil problems between Iraq and the Kurdistan region, most notably the allocation of 17% of Iraq’s oil to the region.

The Ministry of Natural Resources in the region, in a statement seen by “Sky Press”, “We put five conditions Read more…

Barzani: Baghdad is heading for war and Iran is pushing for chaos

Barzani: Baghdad is heading for war and Iran is pushing for chaos

Saturday, October 14, 2017 Time: 14: 00 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

Accused the leader of the Barzani Party, “Mahma Khalil,” on Saturday, the Iraqi government to implement the orders of Iran and go to ignite a war with the Kurds, indicating that Tehran seeks to create chaos to control the region.

“Khalil said in an interview with Sky Press that” the movement of the popular crowd and the army in Kirkuk came in response to Read more…

Allawi calls for a meeting “urgent” against the backdrop of the recent events in Kirkuk

Allawi calls for a meeting “urgent” against the backdrop of the recent events in Kirkuk

Saturday 14 October 2017 at 18:38 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

Vice President of the Republic, “Iyad Allawi,” on Saturday, to an urgent national meeting, to resolve the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, after a day of military tension in the province of Kirkuk between the Peshmerga and factions of the popular crowd.

Allawi said in a statement Read more…

Barham Saleh: Authorities in the Kurdistan region agree to freeze the results of the referendum

Barham Saleh: Authorities in the Kurdistan region agree to freeze the results of the referendum

2017/10/14 7:50

The leader of the Justice and Democracy Alliance, Barham Salih, said that the authorities in the Kurdistan region agreed to freeze the results of the referendum and to work on the initiative presented by Iyad Allawi, Vice President of the Republic.
Barham Salih said in a press statement that “the authorities in the Kurdistan region agreed to freeze the results of the referendum, but Baghdad is not satisfied and demands Read more…

Peshmerga: We will teach the others a lesson they will not forget and will not retreat one meter

Peshmerga: We will teach the others a lesson they will not forget and will not retreat one meter

2017/10/14 15:14

The commander of the Peshmerga forces in the axis of western Kirkuk Kamal Karkuki, on Saturday, a stern warning to the Iraqi forces and the popular crowd in the event of progress towards the province.

“We have taken the necessary preparations to face any risks and if the others commit any mistake and move towards us, we will teach them a lesson they will never forget,” he told a news conference. “We have not, and will not, retreat Read more…

Reveal the contents of Tilerson’s message to Barzani ahead of the referendum

Reveal the contents of Tilerson’s message to Barzani ahead of the referendum

2017/10/14 18:05

[Ayna-Erbil]
Kurdish news agencies published the text of a letter from US Secretary of State Rex Tilerson to Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani before a referendum on September 25.
The letter included support for the United States for the negotiations between the governments of Erbil and Baghdad, which extends for a year to address all outstanding issues.
The text of the message:
President Barzani .. Read more…

Peshmerga: Baghdad did not give us 48 hours to get out of Kirkuk

Peshmerga: Baghdad did not give us 48 hours to get out of Kirkuk

2017/10/13 18:27

Baghdad today – follow-up

The Peshmerga leadership denied on Friday reports that the Iraqi government had given the Peshmerga forces 48 hours to leave the city of Kirkuk.

“There is no such official thing,” Peshmerga spokesman Brigadier General Jabari Yawar told Read more…

Re-opening of the first bank in Mosul after its liberation

Re-opening of the first bank in Mosul after its liberation

10-13-2017

The head of the Rashid Bank branch in Mosul, Azhar Mohammed, Friday, the reopening of the first government bank in Mosul after the liberation of the city from the grip of the organization, “Daash” terrorist.

Mohammed said in a statement that “the branch was reopened in the neighborhood of Read more…

Nechervan Barzani holds Abadi “serious consequences” of moving in the south of Kirkuk

Nechervan Barzani holds Abadi “serious consequences” of moving in the south of Kirkuk

2017/10/13 15:58

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, on Friday, Prime Minister Haider Abadi responsibility for military moves south of Kirkuk.
“We call upon Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, all Iraqi parties, civil organizations, the United Nations, the United States, the European Read more…

Turkmani official: Abadi gave the Peshmerga 48 hours to withdraw from areas in Kirkuk

Turkmani official: Abadi gave the Peshmerga 48 hours to withdraw from areas in Kirkuk

2017/10/13 13:11

[Ayn-Baghdad]
A member of the provincial council of Kirkuk on the Turkmen component Qasim al-Bayati, today, the Prime Minister Haider Abadi to the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Peshmerga forces a 48-hour truce to resolve the file of areas captured after the fall of the city of Mosul 2014.
Al-Bayati said in a press statement that “the interventions of the Read more…

Three years after it was closed, Rasheed Bank reopened in Mosul

Three years after it was closed, Rasheed Bank reopened in Mosul

2017-10-12 at 16:06 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News
Al-Rasheed Bank reopened its bank in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday after it was freed from the grip of the terrorist organization
Azhar Mohammed, director of the branch of the Rasheed Bank in Mosul, said in a statement read by Mawazin News that “the branch was reopened in the neighborhood of engineers east of the city, after the closure of government banks for nearly 3 and a half years,
The opening of the bank “will contribute significantly Read more…

Saudi Airlines to resume its first flights to Iraq since 1990!

Saudi Airlines to resume its first flights to Iraq since 1990!

Thursday, 12 October 2017 at 11:26 AM

Baghdad / Sky Press

Saudi Arabia’s Nas said it would launch flights to Iraq to become the first Saudi airline to do so since 1990.

The company said in a statement on its website, and continued, “Sky Press,” that “will start flights from the main airports in the Kingdom to a number of Iraqi cities Read more…

Abadi: We can not fight a war against our Kurdish citizens (expanded)

Abadi: We can not fight a war against our Kurdish citizens (expanded)

2017/10/12 16:00

[Baghdad: Al-Furat News} Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi refused to use the army against the Iraqi people and go to war against Kurdish citizens and others.
“We have achieved the miracle of victory and we have come a long and painful way, and our heroic forces and all the Iraqis and the people of Anbar have made precious sacrifices that we must Read more…

Iraqi and US banks meet in Washington

Iraqi and US banks meet in Washington

12/10/2017 12:00 am

Baghdad / Hussein Thogb The
presence of adults on the field of international work comes in any case, where conventional economies are not usually not important international attention of the largest economic blocs, and here comes the presence of Iraqi banks and US banks in Washington evidence of the importance of Iraq and its economy Read more…

Maliki asked for Obama’s help after the fall of Mosul and was rejected for this reason

Iraq’s former ambassador to Washington: Maliki asked for Obama’s help after the fall of Mosul and was rejected for this reason

2017/10/11 12:02

Baghdad today – follow-up

Former Iraqi ambassador to Washington, Luqman al-Faily, revealed that former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked the US administration to help him in the war against Da’ash after the fall of Mosul, and was rejected.

“The administration of former President Barack Obama has no interest in the security and political events in Iraq, especially after the withdrawal of their troops Read more…

Kurdistan: We will not use the Internet as a pressure card against Baghdad

Kurdistan: We will not use the Internet as a pressure card against Baghdad

10-11-2017

The Ministry of Communications in the Kurdistan Regional Government on Wednesday that it will not resort to cutting the Internet, which connects Iraq from Turkey across the region as a pressure card, stressing that Iraq gets the Internet Read more…