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Updated at 7:15am on 24 November 2009 Six years after the disruption and violence that followed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, banks in Iraq are only just starting to make a comeback. But business is picking up. The...
A bank branch run by women, exclusively for female customers, has opened in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf. Jim Muir reports from Baghdad. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. This page is best...
PRESS TV Iraqis demonstrate to slam election law veto PRESS TV Thousands of Iraqis have poured into the streets in the southern province of Basra as well as the holy city of Najaf in protest of a decision to veto the election...
The Associated Press Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political crisis The Associated Press BAGHDAD — A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January....
Gary Sick was on the staff of the National Security Council under President Jimmy Carter and a White House aide during the Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis. Currently, he is an adjunct professor at Columbia University...
Najaf Provincial Council contested the number of seats set by the Independent High Electoral Commission in the new Parliament estimated at 12 seats. The provincial council deems the number of seats unsuitable for the status of...
Huge rise in birth defects in Falluja* Iraqi former battle zone sees abnormal clusters of infant tumours and deformities Doctors in Iraq's war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic...
A client deposits her money with a bank teller at Babel private bank in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Oct. 22, 2009. REUTERS Fewer attacks, more banking experience spur lending growth Khalid al-Ansary and Deepa...
Kuwait"s Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved a request by an Iraqi airline company to operate regular flights to Kuwait from Baghdad international airport and Najaf (south Iraq), DGCA Head Fawaz Al-Farah...
