IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

In response to al-Maliki .. Karim: Dreams sometimes become a reality!

In response to al-Maliki .. Karim: Dreams sometimes become a reality!

Friday, September 22, 2017 at 1235 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

The response of the governor of Kirkuk, “Najm al-Din Karim,” on Friday, the statements of Vice President “Nuri al-Maliki,” which he said that the referendum “a dream,” saying “everyone has the right to dream, dreams sometimes become true.”
“Of course, everyone has the right to dream, and dreams sometimes become true. There is nothing in the constitution that prevents a Read more…

Barzani: The time has come to demand the postponement of the referendum will not take my people

Barzani: The time has come to demand the postponement of the referendum will not take my people [expanded]

2017/9/22 18:08

[Ayna-Baghdad]
The head of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, said that the claims and calls to postpone the referendum on independence “is over.”
“The time has come to call for the postponement of the referendum, and I am not the one who is failing his people,” Barzani said in a speech to crowds at the Franco-Hariri stadium in Erbil on Saturday evening.
“I asked a lot about the reasons for attempts to prevent Read more…

A source reveals why Abadi did not travel to New York

A source reveals why Abadi did not travel to New York

Posted, 2017-09-21

A source familiar with the reasons why Prime Minister Haider Abadi has not yet traveled to New York City to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting which was launched on Tuesday.

The source said that “Abadi delayed his travel to oversee Read more…

Oil Minister: We will export crude gas to Kuwait soon

Oil Minister: We will export crude gas to Kuwait soon

9-21-2017

Oil Minister Jabbar Ali al-Luaibi on Thursday announced the imminent export of crude gas surplus from Iraq’s need to Kuwait, stressing the completion of the procedures on the subject.

“The Joint Committee has completed all procedures related Read more…

After the statement of the US State .. Supreme Council for the referendum in Kurdistan decides to meet

After the statement of the US State .. Supreme Council for the referendum in Kurdistan decides to meet

Thursday, September 21 2017 at 11:25 am

Baghdad / Sky Press:

After the US State Department announced today that the United States was “strongly opposed” to the referendum on Iraq’s Kurdish independence and urged Iraqi Kurdish leaders to engage in negotiations with the Iraqi government instead.

Kurdish sources said, “is scheduled to hold the Higher Committee Read more…

Abadi: We are in the last stages of liberation

Abadi: We are in the last stages of liberation

21/9/2017 12:00 am

During his presence in the line of the coast of the left Sharkat
Baghdad / Sabah
“Iraq is in the final stages of liberating the entire territory and securing the border,” Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said. “The victories of our champions over a weak man have weakened him everywhere and he has lost his ability to rally.”
Confirmations near the victory and the liberation of the last inch Read more…

Barzani gives the Iraqi government “3 days” to view the alternative referendum

Barzani gives the Iraqi government “3 days” to view the alternative referendum

2017/09/20 10:14

Baghdad today – follow-up

President of the Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani gave the Iraqi government three days to provide an alternative to the referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan region scheduled to be held on the 25th of this month, among the promises that “rubber” will not discourage the Kurds from their demand for independence.

Barzani said in a speech during a meeting with crowds in the district Read more…

Abadi expects a breakthrough for the referendum in the coming hours

Abadi expects a breakthrough for the referendum in the coming hours

Date Posted 20/09/2017 01:29 PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi expected a major breakthrough in the referendum crisis in the coming hours during a meeting with a number of Iraqi media and writers.
Abadi said that the Kurdistan Regional Government has inflicted itself in a dilemma when it decided to referendum and unilateral Read more…

Masoum and Barzani decide to send a high-level delegation to Baghdad

Masoum and Barzani decide to send a high-level delegation to Baghdad

2017/9/20 17:24

[Ayna-Baghdad]
President Fuad Masum met in Sulaymaniyah on Wednesday afternoon with Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan region and decided to send a high-level delegation to Baghdad during the next two days.
“During the meeting, which was attended by Read more…

Zebari: Abadi prevented the infallible from traveling to the United States

Zebari: Abadi prevented the infallible from traveling to the United States

2017/09/19 15:26

Baghdad today

The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and former Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari criticized President Fuad Masum for not attending the UN General Assembly.

“President Fuad Masum, a weak person, has nothing to do with anything,” Zebari wrote Read more…

Expert: Social insurance law imposed by the International Monetary Fund

Expert: Social insurance law imposed by the International Monetary Fund

9-19-2017

On Tuesday, legal expert Ali al-Tamimi criticized the social insurance law that the government intends to introduce. He pointed out that it came as an imposition of the International Monetary Fund, which led to an increase in the rate of deduction of salaries of employees to 9%.

“The draft social insurance law is still in the corridors of the government and waiting to be sent to parliament to read and ratify Read more…

Belgium apologizes to Iraqis and urges them to execute 500 Belgian bound for Daash

Belgium apologizes to Iraqis and urges them to execute 500 Belgian bound for Daash

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Time: 16: 14 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

Belgian parliamentarian Philippe Dionter on Tuesday apologized to the Iraqi people and urged the Iraqi government not to pardon and execute them.

“Some 500 people came from Belgium to Iraq and fought with a supporter,” Dionter told a news conference in the Iraqi parliament Read more…

Barzani reveals his only condition to postpone the referendum!

Barzani reveals his only condition to postpone the referendum!

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 13:33 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

“The president of the Kurdistan region of Iraq,” Massoud Barzani, “the only condition for the issuance of a final decision on the referendum to be held at the end of September, saying that the alternatives offered so far do not provide guarantees for dialogue with Baghdad for independence.

A statement on the presidency of the Kurdistan region, received by “Sky Press”, on the sidelines of the meeting, which brought the President of the region Read more…

Oil Minister: Iraq needs a price of 55-60 dollars a barrel

Oil Minister: Iraq needs a price of 55-60 dollars a barrel

2017/9/19 17:43

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Oil Minister, Jabar Ali al-Allaibi, stressed that Iraq needs oil prices between 55 and 60 dollars a barrel in order to reach a better financial situation.
“Iraq aims to develop the oil industry through the national effort and with the participation of global investments,” the minister said in a speech at the Energy Markets Forum Read more…

Likely to cancel Abbadi’s visit to New York

Likely to cancel Abbadi’s visit to New York

2017/9/1915 15:00

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Sources familiar with the cancellation of Abadi’s visit to New York to attend the meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations for the political situation in the country.

“Abadi’s visit to New York was scheduled for Sunday, but it has been postponed to tonight or tomorrow,” the sources told AFP on Tuesday. Abadi announced last Tuesday Read more…

Masoum, Maliki and Allawi insist on political consensus to end the referendum crisis

Masoum, Maliki and Allawi insist on political consensus to end the referendum crisis

2017/9/19 17:13

[Ayna-Baghdad]
President Fuad Masum and his deputies Nuri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi, stressed the political consensus to end the tension between the center and the Kurdistan region because of the referendum on the separation of the latter from Iraq.
A presidential statement received Read more…

Sudan: The government has passed important laws to revive the economy and investment

Sudan: The government has passed important laws to revive the economy and investment

19/9/2017 12:00 am

Participated in the Iraqi – UAE Trade Forum
Baghdad / Sabah
Minister of Industry and Minerals Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani said that the Iraqi government and people appreciate all the supporting positions in the fight against terrorism.
“The Iraqi government and people appreciate the positions of our brothers in supporting the fight against terrorism and affirms pride in his relations with his brothers and neighbors,” al-Sudani said during a speech at the Iraqi-UAE Trade and Investment Forum, Read more…

Barzani asks to meet Trump .. Washington refuses

Barzani asks to meet Trump .. Washington refuses

Monday 18 September 2017 4:47 pm

BAGHDAD / A source familiar with the request of the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani to meet US President Donald Trump, among the source that Barzani’s request was rejected.

“Barzani asked the president’s envoy, Brett McGurk, to arrange a bilateral meeting with Trump, but the US administration turned Read more…

Wael Abdel Latif: Barzani will withdraw from the referendum within days

Wael Abdel Latif: Barzani will withdraw from the referendum within days

9-18-2017

The former deputy judge Wael Abdul Latif, on Sunday, the head of the region reviewed the draft referendum and Tajila in the coming days, indicating that the international mediation will find a solution to Barzani to save face.

Abdel-Latif said that “Massoud Barzani embarrassing and found himself in trouble to insist on holding the referendum on time and Read more…

Close to Abadi reveals the files that the latter will discuss with Un

Close to Abadi reveals the files that the latter will discuss with Un

Monday, September 18, 2017 at 13:42 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

The deputy of the coalition of the rule of law, “Jassim Mohammed Jaafar” and close to Abadi, on Monday, that the Prime Minister, “Haider Abadi,” will discuss four files during his visit to New York and his participation in the session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and the issue of the referendum and the secession of the Kurdistan region, .

He said, “Jaafar” in a press statement, “Sky Press,” that “there are four main files will be addressed by the Prime Minister in his Read more…