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Rare glimpse into Saudi Aramco shows $111 billion net profit
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Saudi Aramco’s net profits reached $111 billion last year, according to an assessment published Monday by Moody’s Investors Services that offered a rare glimpse into t...
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Korek announces block on their calls has been lifted
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Telecommunications company Korek has resumed full services after Iraq’s regulatory body ordered operators to cut calls between their customers and Korek users in a dispute...
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Kurdistan leans on private sector to emerge from economic downturn
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The decline in job opportunities and increasing rate of unemployment has impelled the Iraqi government to allocate $1 billion to small businesses initiatives in a bid to c...
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Iraq hosts tourism forum with hopes of attracting Kurdish visitors
BAGHDAD – Officials from the Kurdistan Region and Iraq attended a tourism forum in Baghdad with the hopes of boosting domestic travel and developing the industry across the country. The two-day I...
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Phone network chaos as regulator orders block on Korek calls
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Mobile phone users faced serious disruption on Sunday when the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission (CMC) ordered operators to cut calls between their customers and K...
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Iraq PM courts Egyptian investment at Cairo summit
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Egypt understands Iraq’s economic circumstances better than other nations because the two societies have endured similar periods of crisis, Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul...
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Iraqi fishermen flounder on the Shatt al-Arab
Iraq controls just a sliver of coastline on the Persian Gulf at the estuary of the Shatt al-Arab, nestled between the borders of Iran to the east and Kuwait to the west. In this small stretch of wa...
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The scent of soap making returns to Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria — After years of war, the scent of laurel oil once again wafts from a small soap workshop in Aleppo, signalling the revival of a landmark trade in the battered northern city. Surroun...
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AnadoluJet starts direct flights between Erbil and Diyarbakir, Gaziantep
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Direct flights by AnadoluJet between Erbil and Gaziantep and Erbil and Diyarbakir began on Thursday with the hope of boosting tourism and economic relations. “As Anadolu ...
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Middle East Tourism Expo comes to Erbil
Kurdish leaders have long said the Region must exploit its natural beauty, its snowy mountains, and its mild, humid climate to properly develop its tourism sector and move the economy away from its...