IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

The government is finalizing the 2018 budget. Parliament is expected to arrive next month

The government is finalizing the 2018 budget. Parliament is expected to arrive next month

2017-09-07 at 16:58 (Baghdad time)

Special – Mawazine News
The deputy of the Committee on Economy and Investment parliamentary Najiba Najib, on Thursday, the government to finalize the draft budget in 2018, while expected the arrival of the bill to parliament next month.
The parliament approved last year most of the articles of the financial budget for 2017, which included Read more…

Barzani puts a “condition” in return for postponing the referendum

Barzani puts a “condition” in return for postponing the referendum

9-7-2017

Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani on Thursday refused to live under what he called a “sectarian religious state”, while setting a condition for postponing the referendum on the independence of the province to be held on the twenty-fifth of this September.

“My goal is to achieve independence for my people, and when that Read more…

Expert: All Iraqi fields were given to foreign companies and Iran produces oil inside Iraq

Expert: All Iraqi fields were given to foreign companies and Iran produces oil inside Iraq

Thursday, September 07, 2017 at 15:55

Baghdad / Sky Press

The international oil expert, Hussein al-Rubaie, that all the Iraqi oil fields were given to foreign companies in 2009 through the licensing of oil, noting that Iran is currently drilling within the Iraqi border oil wells.

“Iraq has drilled oil wells since 1930 and so far, 1500 oil wells, most of them in Basra, while the Sultanate of Oman was dug through,” al-Rubaie told a meeting of the oil industry in Iraq. Six years 2600 Read more…

Jubouri is visiting Washington for the first time since Trump took office

Jubouri is visiting Washington for the first time since Trump took office

Thursday, September 07 2017 at 12: 50 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press: m

An official Saudi newspaper reported Thursday that House Speaker Salim al-Jubouri will visit Washington soon, the first of its kind since Donald Trump took office.

The newspaper quoted “Riyadh” a source within the House of Representatives as saying, “The Speaker of Parliament Salim Read more…

Abadi adviser: China is entirely dependent on Iraqi crude oil

Abadi adviser: China is entirely dependent on Iraqi crude oil

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 07:57:22

The financial adviser to the Prime Minister, the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, said Wednesday that China is entirely dependent on Iraqi crude oil, indicating that Chinese companies are ready to develop the infrastructure of Iraq, especially in the sectors of agriculture, housing, energy and rail.

“China is totally dependent on Iraqi oil, and demand for crude oil will rise from 53 percent of its total energy consumption to 64 percent in Read more…

“Da’ash” The terrorist evacuates all his media points in Hawija

“Da’ash” The terrorist evacuates all his media points in Hawija

2017-09-06

A local source in the province of Kirkuk said on Wednesday that “the organization of the preacher of the terrorist has made a comprehensive evacuation of all media points inside Hawija and its surroundings in a state of turmoil and chaos after the interruption of the transmission of media messages since four consecutive days, whether it was visible or paper.”

The source, who asked not to be named, said that “there are Read more…

Kurdistan referendum will contain only one question .. What is it?

Kurdistan referendum will contain only one question .. What is it?

Wednesday, September 06, 2017 at 13:23 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press:

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), headed by Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani, said on Wednesday that the Kurdistan referendum will contain only one question, not through multiple questions. He pointed out that the referendum procedures will be transparent and in the same form of referenda.

“The referendum in Kurdistan will contain only one question and it Read more…

Evidence confirms Barzani’s bid to stay in power for another 10 years

Evidence confirms Barzani’s bid to stay in power for another 10 years

Wednesday, September 06, 2017 at 13:41

Baghdad / Sky Press:

A member of the Kurdistan Islamic Group, Zana Said, said on Wednesday that the talk of the Kurdistan region President Massoud Barzani on the end of his political mission after independence is a new declaration of adherence to power, while the adherence will exacerbate the suffering of the Kurds and widen the gap differences within the Kurdish parties.

“Barzani said that his political duties will end after the independence Read more…

The martyrdom of an Iraqi pilot during a training flight in a US state

The martyrdom of an Iraqi pilot during a training flight in a US state

2017/9/6 12:26

[Ayna-Baghdad] An
Iraqi pilot was killed early today when his F16 plane crashed during a training flight in an American gear.
A statement issued by the Iraqi Air Force received a copy of the Iraqi Air Force today, “More sorrow and sorrow, the leadership of the Iraqi air force mourns the martyrdom of the pilot Read more…

Maliki warns of a political coup and demands a majority government

Maliki warns of a political coup and demands a majority government

2017-09-05 at 10:42 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad – Mawazine News
Deputy President of the Republic Nuri al-Maliki, warned of the political coup under the votes calling for the cancellation of the elections, while stressing that the reform of the political process is through the draft political majority.
“The reform of the political process will be through the project of the political majority,” Maliki said in a speech during a meeting Read more…

Kurdistan officially launches its campaign for the referendum

Kurdistan officially launches its campaign for the referendum

2017/9/5 10:17

{Erbil: Euphrates News} Campaign launched for the referendum of the Kurdistan Region, on Tuesday, formally, and is scheduled to continue the campaign until September 22.
A mass publicity campaign was held after midnight on Monday in Erbil, with the participation of a large number of citizens in the Arbil fort.
The Independent High Commission for Elections and Referendum in Read more…

The Amir of Kuwait on an official visit to Washington tomorrow for talks with Trump

The Amir of Kuwait on an official visit to Washington tomorrow for talks with Trump

2017/9/5 15:28

[Wayne – Follow – up]
leaves the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al – Ahmad Al- Sabah country, on Wednesday, at the head of a senior delegation heading to Washington DC; on an official visit,
Kuwait’s ambassador to the United States, Salem Abdullah Al-Sabah, told KUNA on Tuesday that Sheikh Sabah’s visit to Washington “is the start of a new phase in relations between the two countries.”
“This historic visit should be seen as the beginning of a new phase Read more…

Collective disappearance of “Dahesh” in Hawija

Collective disappearance of “Dahesh” in Hawija

9-4-2017

A local source in Kirkuk said Monday that what he called the “fever” of voluntary surrender without a fight is sweeping Hawija, pointing to the emergence of a wave of sharp differences between the leaders of the organization in the judiciary, coinciding with the disappearance of dozens of families of the organization in mysterious circumstances.

The source said that Read more…

Detecting the number of al-Aqsa who surrendered to the security forces during the battle of Tal Afar

Detecting the number of al-Aqsa who surrendered to the security forces during the battle of Tal Afar

Monday, September 04 2017 at 10:21 am

Baghdad / Sky Press

A security source revealed on Monday that the security forces are holding 1,300 elements of an organization calling for foreign nationalities in the camp of Hammam al-Alil, south of the city of Mosul.

The source told Sky Press that “these elements had surrendered themselves to the Iraqi forces during the battles of Tal Afar west of Read more…

Who is Barzani’s rival for the presidency of the region?

Who is Barzani’s rival for the presidency of the region?

2017/9/4 11:03

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Kurdish leader Mam Rustam, announced on Monday, nomination for the presidency of the Kurdistan region during the upcoming presidential elections for the region.

“The Kurdish leader Mam Rustam decided to run for the presidency Read more…

Near the opening of three airlines from Baghdad and Basra to Moscow, Kuwait and Tehran

Near the opening of three airlines from Baghdad and Basra to Moscow, Kuwait and Tehran

2017/9/2 15:13

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Transport Minister Kazem Al-Yamami announced on Saturday the opening of three new airlines from Baghdad and Basra airports to Moscow, Kuwait and Tehran.
“An agreement was reached between Iraqi civil aviation and Russian civil aviation to resume flights between Baghdad and Moscow after a break of about 13 years,” he said.
“This important line will allow Iraqi civil aviation to enter the European airspace and open up prospects Read more…

Barzani threatens: We will face strongly all those who think of taking Kirkuk from us

Barzani threatens: We will face strongly all those who think of taking Kirkuk from us

Saturday, September 02, 2017 at 14:50 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press:

Threatened the President of the Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani to respond with “force” on anyone thinking of control of the city of Kirkuk. According to him.

Barzani said in an interview with “Sky Press” that “the Kurdistan region is ready to negotiate with Baghdad even after the referendum on the issue of borders, including Kirkuk, but Kirkuk and Kurdistan, and we are ready to make it a model for coexistence.”

Barzani added that “any force that thinks to recover Kirkuk by force will be Read more…

Maliki asks Putin to support the next prime minister

Maliki asks Putin to support the next prime minister

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 07:39:09

Diplomatic sources revealed the hidden meeting that brought together Iraqi Vice President Nuri al-Maliki with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Moscow last July.

The Iraqi ambassador to Russia, Haider Mansour Hadi al-Athari, said that “he learned from a reliable Russian source close to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the head of a coalition of state law, Nuri al-Maliki, stressed when meeting with Putin in private Read more…

The commander of the international coalition determines the fate of Baghdadi

The commander of the international coalition determines the fate of Baghdadi

Posted, 2017/9/1 20:02

[Ayna-Followup]
The commander of the International Coalition Forces in Iraq and Syria General Stephen Townsend identified the fate of a gang leader and called on the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
“We are looking for al-Baghdadi every day and I do not think he died and we will try to kill him instead of the trouble of trying to capture him,” Townsend said.
“The part of the ascendancy is due to Read more…

Peshmerga: Washington will not abandon the Kurds like Baghdad

Peshmerga: Washington will not abandon the Kurds like Baghdad

2017/08/31 10:02

Baghdad today – Kurdistan

The spokesman for the Ministry of Peshmerga Brigadier General Halkurd Hikmat, on Thursday, that America will not give up the Kurds and Peshmerga forces.

“The Kurds and the Peshmerga are the best ally of the United States in the region,” he said. “America will not abandon them under any circumstances.”

Hikmat said that “the organization is calling when he went to Erbil, Read more…