Iraqis Rise Above the Blame Game to Build New Lives in Texas. By James Jeffrey*

Iraqi refugees come to terms with settling in the country responsible for making Iraq uninhabitable after the 2003 invasion.   When “Dilan” left Iraq to come to Texas in 2012 as a refugee, he was struck by how he could head to the grocery store or walk down a street without looking over his shoulder to see if someone was following him. “I felt safe,” says the thir

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Iraq looks to private business to fix healthcare

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq’s Ministry of Health is turning to private business to help shoulder the cost of upgrading equipment and services. Among them is Rafee al-Rawi, the scion of an old Sunni family, who promises to revolutionize cancer treatment in Iraq.  Rawi is a pathologist by training and now lives in Dubai. He owns a medical devices supplier, an insurance company, a

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Turkey to maintain trade with Iraq, Iran through buffer zones

ISTANBUL The International Transporters Association (UND), an umbrella organization of the trailer truck drivers, has developed a formula with the Turkish Health Ministry to carry on the cross-border trade with Iraq and Iran despite a travel ban to those two countries due to the coronavirus. After the travel ban to several countries including neighboring Iran and Iraq was

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Roadmap 2 Start-Up Iraq Guide

Introduction Companies have been playing a crucial role in developing the socio-economic system in Iraq, as they don’t only make life easier for so many people by offering all kinds of goods & services in-demand, but also serve as a catalyst to bring the economic satus in Iraq to a higher level by investing in HR & capital. Nowadays, we can see a countless num

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Iraq’s Faw port project to be ready in 3 years

OPEC oil producer Iraq is expected to complete the Faw Grant Port, one of the world’s largest container terminals, on schedule by 2023, its Planning Minister was quoted on Monday as saying. Nouri Al-Dulaimi said a large part of the project in South Iraq was completed in 2019 and that new contracts include more wharfs as well as roads and rail networks linking the port with t

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