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Iraq to cease burning of associated gas by 2021: Minister of Oil

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq will completely cease the burning of associated petroleum gas (APG) by 2021, Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi said in statements on Monday.

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Iran-Iraq Business Confab in September

A joint business conference between Iranian and Iraqi officials and businessmen is scheduled to be held in Iran’s International Conference Center in Tehran from September 12 to 13. The event is being organized by the Entrepreneurship Faculty of the University of Tehran, Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce and Iran-Iraq Economic Development Headquarters, affiliated with the Presidential Office.

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Russia Offers Helping Hand to Iraq in Restoration of Energy Supply to Mosul

Russia is ready to help the Iraqi authorities restore energy supply to the Iraqi city of Mosul, which has recently been liberated from Daesh terrorist group, Russian Ambassador to Iraq Maksim Maksimov told Sputnik in an interview.

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Saudi Arabia, Iraq discuss economic opportunities in Jeddah meeting

JEDDAH: Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih discussed economic opportunities in a meeting with visiting Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Al-Luaibi.

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Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East. By Leheb Wahab *
7 May 2017

Introduction: With the focus of the international community confined to a great degree to Iran’s nuclear capability, a trend […]
Geospatial Technology for Iraq’s and Syria’s Post-Conflict Recovery. By Ana Isabel Martinez
17 Apr 2017

Historically, agriculture has played a very important role in the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Today, after […]
Kuwait casts out an old refinery and starts on new. By Saadallah Al Fathi
17 Apr 2017

Alliance with Oman for Duqm plant is a model others in the Gulf can follow It is ironic that Kuwait […]

Global Economic & Social Issues

The Agriculture Sector in Rwandan Economy: An Empirical Impact Analysis By Dr Hashim Al-Ali*
14 Jul 2017

Abstract Agriculture sector in Rwanda with its five components sub-sectors, namely; food crops, cash crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry, is […]
A Comparison between Adam Smith and Karl Marx. By Sulaiman Sameer *
22 Dec 2016

Download PDF: sulaiman-sameer-adam-smith-karl-marx-final-2 It is important for everyone to learn the essential principles of contemporary economics since many of […]
Can OPEC Remain the Ultimate Energy Superpower? By Luay al-Khatteeb
19 Sep 2016

The 2016 OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting in Algiers later this month has received undue importance […]
Only a freeze on oil production matters any more – Failure at the Doha summit should not preclude any effort to get desired outcome. By Saadallah Al Fathi *
8 May 2016

The oil market never fails to find reasons for its volatility. The failure of the April 17 Doha meeting between […]

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Current Domestic Issues

What’s needed to help Mosul recover? UNDP Iraq’s Lise Grande explains
4 Aug 2017

Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), and UNDP Resident Representative in Iraq, Ms. Lise Grande, gave the below interview to The Fiscal Times in response to a query on the scale of rebuilding needed to bring Mosul back to life.
How Can Iraq Rebuild? By JACK WATLING
11 Jul 2017

The dilemma is that it needs money—and will inevitably lose some to corruption.
US drops Iraq from list of countries that recruit children for war. By Adnan Abu Zeed
11 Jul 2017

Iraq has been dropped from the US list of countries accused of recruiting children for war, which is an achievement for Iraq on the road to keeping its society away from violence.
Iraq outlines plans to rebuild country, inspire tolerance. By Adnan Abu Zeed*
29 Jun 2017

BAGHDAD — Iraqi military leaders expect victory this week against the Islamic State (IS) in the battle for Mosul, and the government has unveiled a $100 billion, 10-year reconstruction plan for the country that, despite some challenges, is slated to begin next year.

The Iraqi National Economy

IMF Country Report Iraq 2016
4 Aug 2017

The Staff Report prepared by a staff team of the IMF for the Executive Board’s consideration on December 5, 2016, following discussions that ended on October 10, 2016, with the officials of Iraq on economic developments and policies underpinning the IMF arrangement under the Stand-By Arrangement.
Iraq: hanging on. By Nabilah Annuar *
6 May 2017

The economic and financial situation in Iraq remains ever challenging, but improving oil prices and the IMF’s Stand-By Arrangement could […]
Disparities in Regional Incomes and Spending: Spatial economic interdependence in Iraq. By Ali Merza
30 Apr 2017

Introduction[1] Present-day division of Iraq into, more or less, three seemingly separate parts (Kurdistan plus Kirkuk, Baghdad-to-Basra, and the ‘Upper […]
Promoting Investment in a Fragile Context: the OECD Iraq Project
9 Sep 2016

FOREWORD In 2007, the Government of Iraq requested OECD support to help identify and support policy reforms through research, policy […]

Iraqi Kurdistan Region

The potentially profound and widespread consequences of September’s Kurdish independence vote . By Feisal Amin Rasoul Al-Istrabadi *
12 Jul 2017

There are many issues that are likely to erupt between an independent Kurdistan and Iraq There is so little doubt […]
Iraq’s Kurds question motives behind independence vote. By Ibrahim Malazada*
29 Jun 2017

SULAIMANIYAH, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — The political establishment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is divided in opposition to and support for holding a referendum on independence and what the government’s priorities should otherwise be.
Congress threatens to cut payments to Iraqi Kurds if they break with Baghdad. By Bryant Harris*
29 Jun 2017

Congress is threatening to cut funding for Iraq’s vaunted Kurdish peshmerga fighters if the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) ends up splitting with Baghdad.
Luay Al Khatteeb*: My interview with Xendan on the Rosneft’s entry to Kurdistan of Iraq
23 Jun 2017

PHOTO: KRG PRESS OFFICE The Minister of Natural Resources for the Kurdistan Regional Government Ashti Hawrami and Rosneft CEO Igor […]

Oil & Gas Economy and Industry

Iraq oil pipeline comes with major environmental costs. By Adnan Abu Zeed*
4 Aug 2017

BAGHDAD — On July 21, farmers complained about a gas pipeline dredging their farmlands. The pipeline carries gas from Iran to Baghdad through Bismayah, which is located in southeast Baghdad. Meanwhile, reports on May 22 revealed that the pipeline caused damage to an archaeological site under which it passes.
Iraq’s 2017 Target for Oil Expansion Within Reach, Wood Mac Says. By Grant Smith and Julian Lee
15 Jun 2017

Reaching 5 million barrels a day of capacity ‘not unrealistic’ Iraq may want to press OPEC for leeway if cuts […]
Iraq’s crude exports hit 2017 high before Opec cuts extension
9 Jun 2017

Tankers loaded 122 million barrels of Iraqi crude at ports in the Arabian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea last month
Oil Producers Working to Extend Supply Cuts at Upcoming Vienna Meeting. By Diane Munro
20 May 2017

Global oil markets remain volatile ahead of OPEC’s May 25 ministerial meeting on expectations that the producer group and […]

Fiscal Policy & Federal Budget

Iraq finance minister fights on two fronts. Hoshyar Zebari faces graft claims as he tries to save economy. By: Erika Solomon
19 Sep 2016

Download PDF: iraq-finance-minister-fights-on-two-fronts-hoshyar-zebari-faces-graft-claims-as-he-tries-to-save-economy-by-erika-solomon Baghdad, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Hoshyar Zebari should have been preparing for loan negotiations that could save his country from economic collapse. Instead, Iraq’s finance minister sat in his office waving a file of papers he claims prove that billions of dollars of state money was embezzled by rival politicians. In the cauldron […]
World Bank: Republic of Iraq, Public Expenditure Review
22 Feb 2016

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Economic & Social History of Iraq

Story of cities #3: the birth of Baghdad was a landmark for world civilization. By Justin Marozzi
17 Mar 2016

If Baghdad today is a byword for inner-city decay and violence on an unspeakable scale, its foundation 1,250 years ago […]
Stepping back 1300 years into Iraq’s Ukhaidir palace. By Wassim Bassem *
16 Dec 2015

KARBALA, Iraq — The once-mighty Fortress of Al-Ukhaidir is wasting away in the desert of Karbala. This great palace, which […]
Mesopotamians: Pioneers of Mathematics Paperback – April 8, 2011 by Raymond N. Shekoury (Author)
23 Jul 2015

Mesopotamia (mostly the present-day Iraq) is rich with archeological sites. Over a million tablets were excavated so far. These were the Mesopotamian’s CDs. Cuneiform scripts are engraved on those tablets, conveying things about every aspect of the Mesopotamian culture. The book, in spite of its title, is neither a pure historical exposition nor a mathematical presentation.

Iraqi Culture & Society

Pioneering program makes aerial survey of Iraqi antiquities. By Adnan Abu Zeed*
6 Jul 2017

Iraq, together with UNESCO, has concluded a comprehensive aerial survey of Iraqi heritage destroyed by the […]
Iraq’s Hatra retaken from IS militants, but still vulnerable. By Adnan Abu Zeed
17 Jun 2017

Iraq is assessing the rehabilitation needs of the ancient city of Hatra, near Mosul in the country’s north, after retaking it from the Islamic State (IS) on April 26. The jihadist group had occupied the site since 2014 and in March 2015 bulldozed some of the ruins, which date back to the second century and include ancient architecture and other priceless antiquities.
Iraqis demand action as popular archaeological site neglected. By Adnan Abu Zeed
19 Apr 2017

A view of the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, a city dating to 1400 B.C., northwest of […]

REPORTS & NEWS

Iraq to cease burning of associated gas by 2021: Minister of Oil

Iran-Iraq Business Confab in September

Russia Offers Helping Hand to Iraq in Restoration of Energy Supply to Mosul

Saudi Arabia, Iraq discuss economic opportunities in Jeddah meeting

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