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Iraqi Regulations: Essential Insights for Foreign Businesses in Iraq
Iraq Business News
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July 10, 2025
From IDG Security: How Do Local Regulations Affect Foreign and Local Businesses Differently in Iraq? Iraq presents a unique and complex environment for businesses, with its blend of immense economic opportunities and intricate regulatory...
Iraq Launches Najaf Refinery Expansion Project
Iraq Business News
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July 9, 2025
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has laid the foundation stone for the expansion of the Najaf [Al-Ashraf] refinery, a strategic project that will increase refining capacity by 70,000 barrels per day. The ceremony, held on...
Iraq's oil reserves top 145 billion barrels, minister confirms
Shafaq News
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2025-07-09T23:45:53+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Vienna/Baghdad Iraq’s proven reserves have surpassed 145 billion barrels of crude oil and 132 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and...
Craven natural-disaster blame games obscure the steps needed to keep Americans safe
CNN
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July 8, 2025
CNN — America’s endless natural-disaster blame game is thwarting answers to life-and-death questions over worsening extreme weather crises. Every time a hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, political enemies heap knee-jerk blame on their foes –...
Trump slap massive tariffs on Iraqi goods, excludes oil
The New Arab
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July 11, 2025
Despite the imposition of tariffs, both Washington and Baghdad have signalled a desire to maintain constructive ties. [Getty] US President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 30 percent tariff on Iraqi imports, a move Baghdad says will have...
Iraq leads Arab push for water security at UN
Shafaq News
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2025-07-09T19:47:46+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - New York On Wednesday, Iraq’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a high-level Arab coordination meeting to prepare for two major UN summits on water scarcity and...
Türkiye welcomes PKK disarmament in Iraq as ‘turning point’
Sabah
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July 11, 2025
Türkiye views PKK’s disarmament in Iraq an irreversible turning point to build a future free from terror, a senior Turkish official said Friday after the group handed over their weapons in a symbolic ceremony in Sulaymaniyah. “The laying down of...
Iraq war vet kicked out of county meeting after complaining about stinky landfill
Villages News - Florida
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July 9, 2025
Bushnell may revoke an operating permit for a stinky landfill near Lake Panasoffkee after repeated complaints from area residents. In a letter to the operator of the Heart of Florida landfill on County Road 529A, Kristin Green, the city’s director...
Turkish military fails to explain deaths of 12 soldiers in Iraq cave operation
Nordic Monitor
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July 10, 2025
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have not provided a detailed or convincing account of the July 6 incident in which 12 soldiers including two officers died after being exposed to toxic gas inside a cave in northern Iraq....
Tabaqchali: Ten-Year Anniversary & a First Visit to Iraq
Iraq Business News
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July 10, 2025
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. "Ten-year Anniversary & a First Visit to Iraq" The market, as measured by the...
Will Iraq Be Next On The List For “Normalization”?
SouthFront
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July 10, 2025
Support SouthFront Click to see the full-size image Written by Damir Nazarov If the process of starting the “normalization” of the new Syrian regime with the Zionists is almost complete. Now it’s the turn of Iraq and Lebanon, but if the Hezbollah...
Letters: Only the GOP denies humanity’s effect on climate change
East Bay Times - California
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July 10, 2025
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. GOP alone deniesman’s effect on climate Re: “Marin County relatives of ex-Giants pitcher Tyler Walker among missing” (Page A1, July 8). As a grandfather of children...
Shell Discusses Investment Opportunities in Iraq
Iraq International News Agency
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July 10, 2025
Today, the Executive Vice President of Shell Oil Company, Mr. Richard Howe, was received by Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani, in Baghdad. The meeting discussed areas of cooperation in developing Iraq’s energy sector and investment...
Lights, camera, climate: MENA filmmakers tackle a burning region
The New Arab
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July 10, 2025
In the Middle East and North Africa, the climate crisis is not a distant threat but an everyday reality. While much of the global media continues to frame the region through conflict and geopolitics, a group of filmmakers is redirecting attention...
Carib Grill opens second location in Lansdowne on Friday
Delaware County Daily Times - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
LANSDOWNE — Carib Grill, the celebrated Jamaican restaurant and bakery, opens its second location at 7 S. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne on Friday, July 11. The grand opening celebration will take place from 1 to 10 p.m. The new restaurant will partner...
Iraq Mourns Former NIC Chairman Dr. Sami al-Araji
Iraq Business News
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July 7, 2025
By John Lee. The National Investment Commission (NIC), led by Dr. Haider Mohammed Makiya, has expressed deep sorrow at the passing of Dr. Sami Raouf al-Araji, the former Chairman of the Commission. In an official statement, the NIC extended its...
IMF issues Iraq Report: Forecasts Growth of 3.1%
Iraq Business News
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July 9, 2025
By John Lee. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Iraq's economy is facing considerable headwinds, with non-oil sector growth slowing from 13.8 percent in 2023 to an estimated 2.5 percent in 2024, impacted by reduced public...
Stop Analogizing Iraq in 2003 to Iran in 2025
Providence
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July 10, 2025
As Israel launched strikes against Iran’s nuclear and military sites, talk of “regime change” is back on the table. Predictably, critics warn of another Iraq—chaos, quagmire, and endless war. But that comparison is structurally flawed. Iran is not...
Revenge porn blackmailer's plot to bribe Iraqi general with 'stolen gold'
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 10, 2025
04:30, 10 Jul 2025 A revenge porn blackmailer hatched a stolen gold plot in a bid to try and persuade his victim's Iraqi General father to drop criminal charges against him. Karivan Mizuri, 33, was previously jailed for trying to extort £37,000...
Libya frees seven undocumented Iraqis after diplomatic push
Shafaq News
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2025-07-09T15:56:13+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Tripoli/Baghdad/Erbil Libya released seven undocumented Iraqi migrants on Wednesday after more than two months of pressure from Iraq’s embassy in Tripoli. Ambassador Ahmed...