Chapter 1: Regional Developments and Economic Outlook: Charting a Path through the Haze We expect growth to strengthen in 2025 and 2026 in the Middle East and North Africa, but at a slower pace than ...

UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay highlights the role of heritage in fostering peace, especially in conflict zones. With ...

A mass food poisoning at a camp for the displaced near the northern city of Mosul killed at least two people and sickened ...

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THE first ever bombshell footage of the infamous “Mosul orb” UFO captured by a US spy plane in Iraq has now been released.

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Rail travel once linked Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, until war and air traffic shut it down. Now, major reconstruction plans aim to revive it over the next 15 years ...

Politicians and the public are convinced that spending more money on weaponry automatically raises an army’s effectiveness on the battlefield ...

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved yesterday a US$930 million financing to help improve Iraq’s railway performance, boost domestic trade, create jobs, and diversify the economy. The ...

The family of two Iraqi brothers who were fatally shot in southern Turkey last week demand their “rights.” A suspect has been ...

The biggest amount went to Iraq, where the World Bank approved $930 million to help improve the country’s railway ...

By John Lee. The World Bank approved on Wednesday a US$930 million [approx. IQD 1.2 trillion] loan for Iraq to modernise its railway network, strengthen domestic and regional trade, and support ...