Iraq plans rail link to Syria

Iraq says it hopes to open a rail route to Syria later in 2009, reopening an old trade route between the Gulf and southern Europe through Baghdad.

Iraqi Transport Minister Amir Abduljabbar says he would like to launch the project in June although this depends on [...]

Special Report: Jordan – Closer regional trade links benefit economy

The economic slowdown in the Gulf is having a direct effect on Jordan’s economy, and highlighting its dependence on remittances from the 600,000 Jordanians working in the GCC.

Such is the volume of money these workers send back that remittances accounted for almost 15 per cent of the kingdom’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008. [...]

Karbala Investment Authority granted a license to Canadian Co. to implement housing project

2009-06-22
Karbala Investment Authority granted a license to Canadian Co. to implement housing projectTranslated by IRAQdirectory.com – [6/18/2009]
The Chief of Karbala Investment Authority, stated on Tuesday, that the board has granted an investment license to a Canadian company [...]

AME Info, Iraq, oil and gas briefs

IRAQ OIL NEEDS $50BN INVESTMENTS: Iraq’s oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani has said that his country needs more than $50bn of investments in the country’s petroleum industry in the next five to six years. The country plans to increase its crude oil production to six million barrels a day by the end of 2015, from [...]

Iraq offers to supply half of Nabucco’s gas

By Delphine Strauss in Ankara and Ed Crooks in London
Published: July 14 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 14 2009 03:00

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Iraq has offered to supply enough gas to fill half [...]

Iraqi Kurdistan awards oil fields to Gulf Keystone

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Published: 22 July 2009 13:50 GMTAuthor: Perry Williams

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of northern Iraq has awarded UK-based Gulf Keystone two production-sharing agreements (PSAs) to explore the Sheikh Adi and Ber Bahr oil blocks in the Dihok [...]

Maliki to meet Obama, seek support for investment

Ross ColvinThu, Jul 23 12:21 AM

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets President Barack Obama on Wednesday aiming to assert Iraq’s [...]

Maliki to meet Obama, seek support for investment

Copyright 2009 Times Of Oman.

WASHINGTON: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets President Barack Obama on Wednesday in a visit aimed at asserting Iraq s newfound sovereignty and encouraging foreign investors to return to the war-ravaged country.

Three weeks after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraqi towns and cities, paving the way for [...]

Iraq’s Maliki says to hold investor conference

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said after talks with U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that efforts were under way to organize a foreign investor conference in October to take advantage of stability in the war-ravaged country.

Obama calls for broader U.S. ties with Iraq

(c) 2009 Reuters Limited

* Obama renews U.S. commitment to Iraq

* Maliki calls for lifting U.N. war reparations measure

* Focus of trip is to convince investors Iraq safe

By Ross Colvin

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sketched the outlines of a [...]