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EMP to partner with Horizon Scope in Iraq

Emerging Markets Payments (EMP) has signed an agreement with Horizon Scope to promote EMP's third party card processing services to banks in Iraq. The agreement was signed by Paul Edwards, EMP Group Chairman, and Yazan Al Sabbagh, Horizon Scope Executive ...
Kurds flee for Iraq as Syria war slogs on

As Syria's brutal civil war slogs on, some of the country's ethnic Kurds have been fleeing the chaos and destruction and taking refuge across the border in Iraq. About 50,000 people live in the Domiz camp, located near the city of Duhok about 60 kilometres from the Syria-Iraq border. The camp's residents are mainly Kurdish Syrians who do not want to participate in the war ...
Iraq violence a new test for US

WASHINGTON - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: ...
Western Unions new Iraq agent

Western Union has signed up the Investment Bank of Iraq to offer the complete range of Western Union services across all its 19 branches. The bank has branches in Baghdad, Basra, Karablaa and ...
Iran Syria Iraq to sign major gas deal on Monday

Iran, Syria and Iraq will sign a major gas deal here on Monday to transfer Iran's South Pars natural gas to Europe, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran's caretaker oil minister Mohammad Aliabadi as well as oil ministers of Iraq and Syria will join the ceremony and choose a name for the pipeline to transfer Iran's gas to Europe, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister ...

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Kuwait says port project to continue despite Iraqi opposition

Kuwait said Wednesday it was " determined to go ahead with" the construction of a port which neighboring Iraq said would affect its shipping lanes.Kuwaiti government spokesman Ali Al-Rashid said the Gulf emirate "won't be intimidated by any remarks," referring to those from Baghdad earlier Wednesday which called the construction of the Mubarak Al-Kabir port on ...
Iran calls on Iraq to deploy forces in borderlines to keep Kurdish rebels away

A senior commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that the guard's forces would continue destructive and invasive operations against the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) group until the deployment of Iraqi forces in the borders, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.The unnamed military official said that, "Iraqi government should deploy police ...
Iraq Trade Bank plans Lebanon Turkey expansion

The Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) has announced plans to expand its domestic presence, as well as open branches in Lebanon and Turkey to tap growing trade between the countries, Reuters has reported. TBI is awaiting approval from the Lebanese authorities and plans to apply soon for a licence in Turkey, Hamdiyah al-Jaff, president and chairwoman of the bank told the news service. The bank has 16 ...
Biden Phones Iraqi PM Concerned About Sectarian Violence

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday to express concern over the recent rise in violence, including bombings. The White House says Biden pledged continued U.S. support for Iraq in its fight against terrorism. A statement says Biden and Maliki agreed on the importance of reaching out to all political leaders in Iraq and the need for a ...
U.S. plans to move Iranian exile group out of Iraq hit snag

Members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedin Khalq in a street in Tirana, Albania. The exiles have been moved to Albania from a camp in Iraq as part of a relocation ...

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Syria's Civil War Fuels Violence in Iraq

Ominous ties are emerging between skyrocketing sectarian violence in Iraq and Syria's civil war. Analysts say al-Qaida-linked militants are flowing back and forth from both countries and are seeking to use religious differences to bring down the government, not only in Damascus, but also in Baghdad.

Iraqis are witnessing the worst violence to rock their country in five years.

Bombings and other attacks against Sunni Muslim and Shi'ite targets are stoking sectarian tensions.

One major reason is the civil war next door in Syria.

"It is no accident that we are seeing more bombings in Iraq now because of the money and the weapons that are going to the Syrian Free Army, some factions of which are aligned with al-Qaida,rdquo; said Douglas Ollivant of the New America Foundation.

Amateur video posted online shows rebel fighters in Syria from the al-Nusra Front pledging allegiance to al-Qaida.

The group receives support from al-Qaida in Iraq, and militants frequently cross the porous Iraqi-Syrian border.

"The Iraqis are scared to death about the backlash and the back flow of some of these militants and al-Qaida related groups,rdquo; said Michael Rubin, who is with the American Enterprise Institute. ...