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KRG AND PARLIAMENT’S FINANCIAL COMMITTEE TO MEET ON PENSION REFORM BILL 1 Hours Ago http://www.nrttv.com/En/News.aspx?id=18875&MapID=1 SULAIMANI — Officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Kurdistan Parliament's Committee of Finance will meet on Tuesday (January 6) to discuss the pending pension and salary reform bill. NRT Digital Media reporter Herish Qadir said that KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani will participate in the meeting with lawmakers. A KRG source, who spoke under condition of anonymity, said that the meeting would be held at the offices of the KRG Council of Ministers at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday. The Kurdistan Parliament approved the first reading of the legislation on December 16 and voted to fast-track it through the process, but ran out of time before the holiday break. The parliament then voted to extend its autumn session by an additional month. The KRG Council of Ministers sent the legislation to Parliament on December 11 after months of delay. The nine-page bill will make changes to the pension, salary, stipends, and privilege systems. The bill was approved by the Council of Ministers unanimously. It has met with growing criticism from the families of Anfal victims, political prisoners, and activists, who criticize the fact that the legislation cuts benefits for many people in the Kurdistan Region, but retains large pensions for former government officials. (NRT Digital Media)

US President Threatens Iraq with Crippling Sanctions Basnews English 06/01/2020 - 10:38 Published in Iraq http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/572121 ERBIL — US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose harsh sanctions if Iraq expels the US troops in retaliation for the US airstrike which killed senior Iranian commander and Iraq’s militia leader last Friday in Baghdad. “We will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before ever. It'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame,” Trump told reporters late on Sunday. “If there's any hostility, that they do anything we think is inappropriate, we are going to put sanctions on Iraq, very big sanctions on Iraq.” The US president noted that his country will not leave Iraq without being paid back for its military investments over the years. It comes after Iraqi parliament passed a resolution to ask the government to oust foreign troops, including US forces, from Iraq as part of the measures in the aftermath of killing military commanders by US drones.

Nineveh deputy: We will not vote to cancel the security agreement with America .. We will be the most affected Policy , 01/05/2020 11:42 , Number of readings: 1203 http://iraqtoday.com/news/35100/نائب-عن-نينوى-لن-نصوت-على-الغاء-الاتفاقية-الامنية-مع-اميركا-سنكون---أكبر-المتضررين Baghdad - Iraq today: The governor of Nineveh Governorate, Hassan Al-Alo, announced his refusal to cancel the security agreement with the United States, indicating that it is not logical to vote to cancel the agreement and ISIS is still at the gates of our provinces. "Our personal stance is not with the abolition of the agreement, and we will not attend the session for many reasons," Al-Alou said in a statement, noting that "everyone knows that the most resistant party to the American occupation are the Sunni Arabs and the Sunni Turkmen. Everyone who was resisting the occupation and the first to vote to bring out the American forces are the Sunni Arab deputies in the second round and I was voting on them at the time and with complete conviction despite all the pressures we were exposed to at that time. " He continued: "We were advised at the time that you will regret that we voted to remove the American forces. Indeed, after the Americans left, our provinces turned into a hotbed of terrorism until they fell into the hands of ISIS, we really regretted and pleaded with the Americans and others for the purpose of returning and saving us from ISIS terrorism." He pointed out that "the Americans were reinstated with a new security agreement for the purpose of removing ISIS, so today it is not logical to vote to cancel the agreement and ISIS is still at the doors of our provinces." To our country. Al-Alou added: "This is our opinion, and the partners should appreciate our situation and respect our opinions, and we will not allow our will to be taken away from us, whatever the circumstances."

01/05/2020 15:47 Abdul Mahdi calls for the formation of a healthy and healthy relationship with the United States http://almasalah.com/ar/news/185443/عبد-المهدي-يدعو-الى-صياغة-علاقة-صحية-وصحيحة-مع-الولايات-المتحدة Baghdad / Obelisk:

Pompeo: The Iraqis want us to stay, and Abdul Mahdi is just a resigned prime minister Editing Date: 1/5/2020 20:21 • 61 times read http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=85824 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed Washington's full confidence that the people of Iraq want American forces to remain on their soil, regardless of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani. Pompeo said, via "Fox News" channel, today, Sunday, that the Iraqi caretaker head, Adel Abdul Mahdi, who asked the House of Representatives to set a timetable for removing all foreign forces from the country, is just "a resigned prime minister" and "acting prime minister." And "faces massive threats from the leadership of Iran," he said. He added: "We are convinced that the Iraqi people want the United States to remain to continue its campaign against terrorism, and we will continue to do everything necessary to ensure America's security." Pompeo declined to respond to a question whether Washington would do it if Iraq, as a sovereign state, asks it to withdraw its forces from its lands, saying: "The American people should know that we will take the right decision, and we will take steps that the previous administration refused to take." Within minutes of Pompeo's statement, the House of Representatives approved the government's mandate to end the presence of foreign forces on the country's territory.

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/185460/بومبيو-يرد-على-قرار-البرلمان-عبد-المهدي-استقال-بسبب-ايران-نتطلع-لمتابعة-عملنا-بالعراق 01/05/2020 17:50 Pompeo responds to parliament decision: Abdul-Mahdi resigned because of Iran ... We look forward to continuing our work in Iraq Baghdad / Obelisk: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded, on Sunday, January 5, 2019, to the Iraqi parliament’s decision to remove foreign forces from Iraq. Pompeo said, according to Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath, that "Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has resigned due to the interference of Iran and Washington looking to continue its work in Iraq." He added that he expected "from Iran a real attempt to target American forces."

Iraqi parliament approves draft bill to end US troop presence in Iraq Hiwa Shilani | 3 hours ago https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/381b910f-35f4-438d-8864-7a07a1ef452d Senior Iraqi leaders, including outgoing Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi, attend an extraordinary Iraqi parliament session in Baghdad, Jan. 5, 2020. (Photo: Kurdistan 24) Iraq Baghdad US PMF Iran ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraq’s council of representatives held an extraordinary session on Sunday to vote on a resolution for the Iraqi government to expel American and foreign military troops in Iraq. The parliamentary session began on Sunday afternoon, with 168 parliament members participating without the presence of Kurdsand Sunni Arabs. The session was held upon the request of Shia parliament members. Lawmakers approved a draft bill to push US troops out of Iraq, and a parliamentary session to vote on the bill was scheduled for Saturday (Jan.11). The resolution includes a decision to cancel any request for military assistance from the International Coalition against the Islamic State, to end the presence of foreign troops on Iraqi soil, to prevent foreign forces using Iraqi airspace, to submit a formal complaint to the United Nations and the Security Council against the US, and to restrict the military and arms to the state only, a statement following the end of the session read. The development comes after an American drone killed the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force Qasim Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of the Tehran-aligned Kata’ib Hizbollah militia in Iraq. Read More: US strike kills Qasim Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis Iraqi officials have roundly condemned the US strike, which took place just outside the Baghdad International Airport after Soleimani met with Muhandis. Days earlier, Iraqi officials had condemned militiamen and supporters after they attempted to storm the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, torching parts of it. Outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi attended the parliament session on Sunday, where he expressed his grief at the loss of the two leaders. “The only way for foreign forces to remain in Iraq is to train Iraqi forces and nothing further,” the Iraqi prime minister said. Abdul Mahdi also explained that the US-Iran struggle has affected Iraq and that Baghdad has alerted Washington about the reactions of conducting military attacks in Iraq. “We have constantly requested the US not to violate Iraq’s sovereignty,” he stated. “It is in the interest of both Iraq and America to end the US’ military presence in Iraq.” “The Iraqi government needs to implement a time frame to reduce foreign troops in Iraq,” Abdul Mahdi added. Caught in the middle of two nations with which they must deal, many officials from both the federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region have called for restraint and calm, stressing that Iraq must not be an arena for settling international scores.

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COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTES TO EXPEL FOREIGN TROOPS FROM IRAQ 1 Hours Ago http://www.nrttv.com/En/News.aspx?id=18838&MapID=2 SULAIMANI — The Council of Representatives on Sunday (January 5) voted to end the presence of foreign troops in the country, just two days after the US killed a top Iranian commander and Iraqi militia commander in a strike in Baghdad. The Iraqi Parliament held its extraordinary session to consider a resolution asking the government to expel US troops from the country. The Council of Representatives decided to end a security agreement with the US-led Coalition Forces supporting the federal government in the ISIS fight. NRT Digital Media reporter Omed Mohammed said that caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi arrived in the parliament building on Sunday afternoon (January 5), indicating the seriousness of the session. Mohammed said the Kurdish and Sunni blocs had not participated in the session. Abdul Mahdi addressed the lawmakers saying the federal government does not support US sanctions on Iran but it will not also be an enemy to the US. “The US drones and helicopters are flying in the Iraqi skies without asking for permission from the federal government,” he said. Abdul Mahdi also said Baghdad had called on the US to send more troops to protect the US embassy in Baghdad, where Iran-backed Shia militia supporters gathered to condemn US strikes on Hashd al-Shaabi. Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed in a US strike on Friday, had convinced the militia supporters to withdraw from US embassy compound vicinity during the protests, he added. “Those attacks had no legal basis,” Abdul Mahdi said, referring to the US strike that killed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Chief Qassem Soleimani and Muhandis. Abdul Mahdi further said that Soleimani was scheduled to meet him in his visit to Baghdad. “We are determined to make a national decision about that matter. We have two options, one to end the presence of foreign troops in Iraq in a speedy measure, or two to return to the previous decisions of the previous of this cabinet which called for the prevention of foreign troops’ presence in Iraq, just to stay to train Iraqi forces for Daesh fight,” he added, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State (ISIS). Abdul Mahdi noted that the foreign troops must not carry out military acts on Iraqi soil. The government of Iraq should reduce the numbers of the foreign troops in Iraq. The Iraqi caretaker PM called on the lawmakers to approve the first option that calls for the end of the presence of the foreign troops in Iraq. Abdul Mahdi said Iraq is able to preserve its sovereignty without the presence of the foreign troops. NRT reporter said a clause was added to a proposal that calls for the end of the presence of foreign troops. Lawmakers voted to approve the clause stating that weapons should be only at the hand of the government.

Sovereignty, Stability of Iraq Priority for All: France BasNews 04/01/2020 - 22:47 Published in Iraq http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/571785 ERBIL - French President Emmanuel Macron has argued that the sovereignty and stability of Iraq as well as the fight against the Islamic State (IS) are a priority for all sides. "The escalation of tensions in the Middle East is not inevitable," Macron wrote on Twitter, as the situation in Iraq has dramatically deteriorated in the wake of the recent escalations in the US-Iran prolonged disputes. "France has two priorities that I share with all the leaders concerned that I contact: the sovereignty and security of Iraq, as well as the stability of the region," the French president added. He further argued that "nothing should distract us from these objectives." Earlier on Friday morning, the general commander of Iran's Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, and deputy commander of the Hashd al-Shaab, were both killed in a US airstrike near Baghdad International Airport.

The Trade Bank of Iraq achieves 836 billion dinars in net profits for the year 2019 http://economy-news.net/content.php?id=18690 The banking system in Iraq consists of 77 government and private banks, and the number of government banks is 7, and according to the World Bank reports assessing the financial and banking situation in Iraq. Point out the developmental aspects of the main government banks and define the bases of their work and policies and convert them into banks that operate according to discreet banking contexts and policies, focusing on the need to introduce modern banking technologies and address the gap between them and foreign and Arab banks and banks sober. Therefore, during the years (2016-2019), the Iraqi Bank for Trade has taken distinguished steps towards development at all levels. The exceptional efforts made by the bank here and confirm that the bank is moving in the right direction and achieving many achievements at the level of developing technical, banking and financial banking work and building international banking relations with banks. Global Correspondence and Risk Management and commitment to international compliance systems and standards and combating money laundering and terrorist financing in accordance with Law (39) for the year 2015 and FATF controls and provides new banking products that make it move from one stage to a new stage on i It is possible to reach global sobriety and leadership and the most prominent achievements of the bank during the above period can be determined by achieving annual revenues for 2019 estimated at 836 billion dinars, equivalent to 697 million US dollars, and net profits of 673 billion dinars, equivalent to 561 million US dollars, and during its past four years, the bank has completed the preparation of an administrative, banking and technical organizational structure New to the bank. And the use of the cross-goal management system to assess job performance and efficiency of banking performance and obtain a quality certificate (2015-ISO9001) for the credit departments, letters of guarantee and remittances and to sign an agreement with Standard Garter and General Electric Company for joint financing of electric power projects for the Ministry of Electricity and cooperation with the Central Bank of Iraq to discount bonds issued For contractors by the Ministry of Finance in support of the national economy and the launch of new banking products for the purpose of attracting customer savings as products (deserving of my car ... etc) with the aim of providing services in accordance with modern technologies used in the bank and opening branches and m A new writer inside Iraq and in regional countries, moving to his new building and obtaining several awards and certificates of appreciation from Arab and international financial organizations and institutions. Where he notes from the above accomplishments which are part of many accomplishments the bank has achieved under its leadership, cadres and employees indicating that the bank is moving towards developments in the areas of administrative, structural, banking and development and has ambitious plans for the year 2020 to reach banking sobriety and leadership and globalization, which is a great goal that we seek as experts, specialists and citizens in a way that enhances the role of the sector Iraqi banker in sustainable development. * Financial and banking consultant Number of views 90 Date added: 04/01/2020