News Iraq Sulaymaniyah: Iraq tells energy firms in Kurdish region to sign new deals with SOMO
Iraq has made a fresh attempt to control revenue from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan by asking oil and gas firms operating there to sign new contracts with state-owned marketer SOMO rather than the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
News Iraq Sulaymaniyah: To realise its energy potential Iraq's Kurdish region needs to get its house in order
High oil prices and threatened gas embargoes can make Iraq's Kurdish region a key piece on the Middle East-European chessboard. This year, the Kurdish prime minister and president have busily talked ...
News Iraq Sulaymaniyah: Iraq's Kurdish Voters Have Little Faith in Elections
Already reeling from chronic financial problems and ... According to Iraq’s electoral districting, Erbil will elect 16 MPs, Sulaymaniyah 18 and Dohuk 12. As for the disputed parts of the country ...
News Iraq Sulaymaniyah: PKK threatens security, stability in northern Iraq
The PKK terrorist group continues to threaten the security of civilians and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) security forces in northern Iraq since...
News Iraq Sulaymaniyah: Iraq’s Faltering Infrastructure
While security remains the top concern, Iraq’s new government must also confront the dearth of basic services, including water and electricity. Oil production, still below prewar levels, remains crucial to lifting the welfare of Iraqis.
News Iraq Sulaymaniyah: Leak exposes Ericsson’s secret dealings with ISIS amid Iraq corruption spree
A leaked internal report shows the Swedish telecom giant concealed a years-long bribery and fraud campaign in the war-torn country and suspected that its corrupt practices had spread to more than a dozen others
News Iraq Sulaymaniyah: Ericsson’s decade of bribery and corruption in Iraq laid bare
Conducting business in Iraq “may in itself pose significant political, financial and legal risks ... Ericsson manager in the northern city of Sulaymaniyah and then, shouting at the manager ...
News Iraq Sulaymaniyah: Iraqi Kurdish students threaten more protests if government reneges on funding
But then the region was hit with a financial crisis and, like the rest of Iraq, faced war with the ... While protests partially continued in Sulaymaniyah the next day, there have been no protests ...
News Iraq Sulaymaniyah: Children, journalists and local organizations say “No to Child Labour” in Iraq’s Kurdistan region [EN/AR]
A nation-wide campaign is reaching communities most affected by the rise of child labour in Iraq. Sulaimaniyah, 21 December 2021 - Young children at a school in Sulaymaniyah took part in awareness ...
