How the GCC’s energy sector will transform post Covid-19
The Covid-19 crisis has understandably jolted the global energy system, with the impact strongly felt in the GCC countries that ...
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IMF predicts strong recovery for Iraq in 2021
In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast a sharp slowdown in Iraq's economy ...
Japan provides an additional $3.6mn for Housing in Iraq
The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) welcomes an additional contribution of USD 3.6 million from the Government of Japan ...
Iraq produces COVID-19 laboratory supplies
In cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID-19 Crisis Cell of Basrah University in southern Iraq has successfully ...
Covid-19: Iraq announces key measures
Prime Minister Adil Abd Al-Mahdi on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Higher Committee for Health and National Safety. The ...
Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Iraq, Iran likely to get IMF coronavirus aid: Report
IMF funding aimed at helping countries hit by coronavirus will likely to go to oil importing countries in the Middle ...
Kuwait central bank announces stimulus to support vital sectors and SMEs
Kuwait's central bank announced a stimulus package on Thursday to support vital sectors and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) amid ...
BRI: Iraq’s oil-for-projects deal with China unaffected by Covid-19
The spread of novel coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) in China and most other countries have not affected a landmark oil-for-projects agreement ...
18 hotels in Erbil and Duhok donate quarantine space
Businessmen in Erbil and Duhok have donated 18 hotels and motels to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to boost quarantine ...
Kurdistan raises over $18 million for low-income families affected by coronavirus curfew
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) announced on Thursday that it had so far collected more than $18 million in donations ...
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