The Husseiniya threshold resolves the biggest tribal conflict in Basra that has lasted for years

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Under the supervision of Abbadi .. Tracking and pursuing the remnants of "da'ash" in Anbar

Published: 07.10.2018 | 18:48 GMT |

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 Iraqi security information center announced on Sunday, the implementation of the pursuit of remnants of the organization "Daash" in Anbar.

 

"Under the supervision of General Commander of the Armed Forces Haider al-Abadi and the planning and follow-up of the command of joint operations, the operations of Anbar and Al-Jazeera carried out operations to track and search for the remnants of gangs and urged the Almnzahp and secure those areas," said the center, "The operation comes with the support of aviation Military, air force and international coalition aircraft. "

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Oil calls on international companies to rebuild Basra and address its environmental pollution

12:00 - 08/10/2018

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - 
Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi on Monday called on international companies to invest in the energy sector and technical services and infrastructure to contribute to the reconstruction of Basra and address environmental pollution, stressing the establishment of foundations for the entry of the Iraqi investor with a capital of not less than 20% of the total project costs. 
"We call upon the international investment companies in the energy, technical services and infrastructure sectors to contribute to the energy sector," Al-Luaibi said at the Basra oil and energy conference which is being held for the period from October 9-10 in Istanbul, according to a press statement issued by Mawazine News. Reconstruction of Basra and the treatment of environmental pollution. "
He added that "the new contracts to be concluded by the Ministry of Oil with international investment companies, whether in the development of the sector of extraction or liquidation or investment of gas or infrastructure will include the obligation of companies to establish projects that contribute to upgrading the level of services provided to citizens and change the current situation to a better reality, Infrastructure, education, health, water, housing and social recreation. " 
Al-Allaibi stressed that "these contracts are binding on the operation of 85% of the Iraqi labor force, and the contribution of construction and construction companies in the ministry by not less than 25% of the construction and implementation funds, in addition to laying the foundations for the entry of the Iraqi investor with a capital of not less than 20% Project cost ".
He called on international companies and international organizations to "contribute actively to the development of programs and plans to address the environmental pollution of this province and gases and emissions resulting from the production of oil, mines or remnants of war left by wars in the country in the past decades." 
Al-Luaibi pointed to "the necessity of cooperation of all concerned parties to provide the appropriate environment for investment and the promotion of infrastructure and work to attract more international companies, and this leads to the provision of employment opportunities for the people of the province and to promote the economic and development of the province."
For his part, the spokesman of the Ministry of Oil Assem Jihad, "The conference of Basra oil and energy giant and the environment, is held annually in Istanbul discusses the construction of mega oil and gas projects and the development of solutions to the Iraqi environment in cooperation between the government and investors and the presentation of innovations and technologies for oil and gas projects in Basra and water treatment projects and expansion projects Electricity and Renewable Energy "

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ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq will stipulate in all new contracts with foreign oil companies that 85 percent of the workforce hired on a project be Iraqi, Oil Minister Jabar al-Luiabi said on Monday. 

HThe requirement will affect all contracts whether in extraction, refining, making use of by-product gas, or developing infrastructure, the oil ministry said in a statement quoting Luiabi. He made the comments in a message to attendees of the Basra Megaprojects Conference being held in Istanbul. Stipulations allowing Iraqi investors to invest at least 20 percent of the capital needed for a project will be introduced, he said. He added without elaborating that construction and building companies that are part of the ministry “will contribute by at least 25 percent in all upcoming contracts”. 

The new contracts will also ensure that foreign oil companies start projects that improve services such as infrastructure, education, health, and water.

Luiabi’s comments follow months of protests in the oil-rich southern province of Basra, which contributes 95 percent of Iraq’s oil revenues but suffers from poor basic services, unemployment, and where residents lack access to clean water.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-oil/iraq-oil-minister-says-new-contracts-will-have-local-hire-stipulations-idUSKCN1MI18H?rpc=401&

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30 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq will stipulate in all new contracts with foreign oil companies that 85 percent of the workforce hired on a project be Iraqi, Oil Minister Jabar al-Luiabi said on Monday. 

 

As it should be better late than never. 

Edited October 9, 2018 by nannab

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As always, when the forced hiring of "Nationals" is mandated on an oilfield company. Three "Nationals" are usually hired and required to do the work of one good oilfield hand.

 

It will be miserable for the people trying to train the "Nationals". 

 

Seen it myself several times back in the day... "can't get it, can't stay" does not apply in the foreign oilpatch..

 

But when you have as much recoverable oil as Iraq does, it should not be an issue...lol

 

[yota691]

Oil tankers announce jobs exclusively for Basra

Date of release: 2018/10/10 20:10 • 170 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Iraqi oil tanker company announced the availability of vacant job grades reserved exclusively for the province of Basra.

The company said in a brief statement that "jobs for the Basra district exclusively, and submission continues until the twenty-eighth of this month 
The presentation is by filling out the form online at http://iotc.oil.gov.iq/ar/index.php? page = carers , and then the applicant should go on those grades to the headquarters of the company located in Basra in front of the colleges of Bab Zubair / Exhibition Street, with the required documents.

[nannab]

This is a good sign and about time.

[yota691]

URGENT Arrest of 1138 suspects in Basra

Editorial Date: 2018/10/11 14:35 • 44 times read

(Al-Furat News) Security forces arrested two suspects in possession of 1138 forged seals for government departments and courts in the province of Basra.

An authorized source in the Presidency of the Court of Appeal of Basra Federal told the {Euphrates News} that "the security services arrested the defendant {rm} in the area of Jubaila in the province, and possession of 458 forged seals, including seals belong to the state departments and courts. 
He pointed out that "the investigations led to the arrest of another defendant in the district of Zubayr with 680 forged seals." 
The source added that "the investigative procedures are continuing to complete the investigation and refer the accused to the competent court."

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Commander of the operations of Basra to the Iranian consul: We will not allow entry to Iraq without visa

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Basra Operations Commander: We will not allow Iranian visitors to enter the Shalamja port without a visa

The commander of operations in Basra, Lieutenant-General Qasim Nazzal al-Maliki, did not allow Iranian visitors to enter Iraqi territory without a visa. This came during a meeting with the Iranian Consul in the province of Basra, Ahmed Bush. The two sides discussed the measures to ensure the entry of visitors through the Shalamjah border crossing, neighboring countries.

Maliki stressed that the future plan to lead the operations is to secure the border with neighboring countries and strengthen some places of security in terms of security and ambushes and the construction of border posts to limit the spread of narcotics and non-entry into Iraqi territory.

The Iranian consul praised all efforts exerted by the security forces and the local government in Basra to facilitate the entry of visitors to Iraqi territory, stressing the importance of continued cooperation between the two neighboring countries in the field of religious tourism and border security.

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Barham Saleh: Basra crisis and rampant corruption the most important challenges ahead

11:08 - 13/10/2018

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - 
The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, Saturday, that Iraq has proved a merit in defeating terrorism and can not be accepted again, pointing out the most important challenges to be addressed Basra crisis and rampant corruption. 
Saleh said in a speech during the celebration of the 37th anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Supreme Council and its Mawazine News that "the Iraqi people are able to meet the challenges and the most important corruption and the Basra crisis, and we want to be an important axis in the region," stressing that " We have better performance. " 
He added that "Iraq has proved worthy in defeating terrorism and can not accept it again." 
Called Saleh, "to form an Iraqi government that takes into account political representation, but far from the quota," and called on the Prime Minister-designate "to form an Iraqi government serving for this country."

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Oil economy announces the completion of a water project in southern Iraq

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The Minister of Oil Jabbar al-Allaibi, on Saturday, the keenness of the ministry to complete the service projects, which pledged earlier to build the province of Basra.

Al-Luaibi said in a telegram to the Prime Minister that "the oil projects company and its oil companies with the cooperation of other concerned parties, is close to complete the water project in West Qurna in the district of the city, Basra province, in record time and a card 32 million cubic meters per year."

He added that "this project is one of the large and distinct projects in the provision of potable water for the construction of the province, especially north of Basra as well as the districts and areas and villages close to the project."

The project, which is located on the northern Euphrates River in the district of "city" in the province of Basra, the installation of systems for filtering, storage and sterilization and laying of pipes from the site of taking water on the Euphrates River, and the location of water purification at a distance of four kilometers, as well as the implementation of buildings and complexes, Control and other necessary requirements and needs of the project.

Al-Allaibi said that "the Mujahideen in the company of oil projects continue the night by day and work in the spirit of one team to speed up the completion of this project in record time, where a high percentage of work has been implemented and is close to completion, under the direct supervision and follow-up by the leadership of the oil sector, Final touches, to provide us with a modest gift for the sons of this province of Basra. "

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http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/4c607a09-515c-4467-8321-27202d253b00

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Halabousi: The biggest challenge is to restore citizen confidence in parliament and government

11:11 - 13/10/2018

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News 
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohamed Halaboussi, Saturday, that the biggest challenge to the political blocs during the next phase is to restore the citizen's confidence in his government and state. 
"The government and the parliament must join together to make the state a success, set up timetables for the provision of services and eliminate corruption," Halboussi said in a speech at the celebration marking the 37th anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Supreme Council. 
He stressed that "the state must be based on solidarity on the principles, and our principle in the next stage to be legislation of all the laws are stalled." 
"The foundations of the success of the state is the solidarity and solidarity between the legislative and executive authorities to put an end to corruption and to hold the corrupt accountable," he said.
He pointed out that the next ministerial reshuffle should set up timetables known to be followed by the parliament to provide services and eliminate corruption. He stressed that "the biggest challenge is to restore the citizen's confidence in his government and his country facing the political blocs during the next stage."

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Basra Commission: The increase in the proportion of poisoning from water to 111 thousand cases

Release date: 2018/10/14 14:35 • 46 times read

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Office of the High Commission for Human Rights in Basra, on Sunday, the high incidence of poisoning of drinking water to 111 thousand cases.

"The central and local government has a clear and serious position, despite the continuous deterioration of the water situation and the high rates of salinity and its transformation into heavy water in areas with a high incidence of poisoning to 111,000 cases," the office said in a statement. 
He warned "after the occurrence of some injuries to schoolchildren monitored by the Office," and called for "to announce the steps taken before the visual community."

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Up to 111,000 people affected by water contamination in Iraq's Basra: report

Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-15 18:54:37|Editor: Shi Yinglun

 

 

BAGHDAD, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) said that up to 111,000 people were affected by contaminated water in Basra in southern Iraq, a local newspaper reported on Monday.

The IHCHR office late on Sunday asked the federal and the provincial governments to take "clear and serious" stance toward the water issue in Basra, the independent Azzaman newspaper quoted IHCHR report as saying.

"The deterioration of water continued as the high level of salinity is increasing, turning it to a heavy water," which increased the number of affected people to 111,000, the report said.

"Schoolchildren are among the victims who could have been poisoned in educational institutions," the report quoted Mahdi at-Tamimi, director of IHCHR office in Basra, as saying.

Meanwhile, Sayf al-Bader, the spokesman of the Iraqi health ministry, said that "the water supplied by the government-owned purification system is not ideal for drinking."

"The areas that are located far from the water purification plants may have up to zero Chlorine," al-Bader added.

Basra, the province's capital city which bears the same name, has long witnessed protests among its over two million residents about the collapsing infrastructure, power cuts and corruption.

Water supply in the province is also widely criticized for high salinity, with dozens of thousands of residents having been hospitalized.

The protestors also accused the influential political parties of being behind the wide-spread corruption, which led to high unemployment and failure in rehabilitation of the country's electricity, water and other basic services

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/15/c_137534216.htm

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and Iraqi Minister: we are exposed to a water blockade of the details of Iran

 

 

 Twilight News    

 Monday, 15 October 2018

 

Iraqi water resources minister Hassan al-Janabi said on Sunday that Iranian dams are causing the country's suffocating water crisis, which in recent months has sparked mass demonstrations. 
In a lecture on the water situation in the country, al-Janabi said that Iran has started to build dams on high rivers that come to Iraq, especially the Lower Zab and the Diyala River. 
During the lecture in Erbil, the minister presented pictures showing the Iranian dams, noting that Tehran has already completed "a large part of it and the other under construction." 
He explained that "Iraq completed its last dam in that region in the fifties of the last century, the dam Darbandakhan, built by King Faisal II and opened by President Abdul Karim Qasim in 1956."
"The Iranian dams will control all our revenues in Darbandikhan and reduce our revenues by a very large percentage," Janabi said. "The Iranian dams are small, but they are numerous and make them look like a big dam." 
The Executive Director of the Iranian water resources management company, Mohammad Reza Haj Rasooli, on October 7, the establishment of 109 dams water within the five-year plan at a cost of 150 trillion riyals. 
The tributaries of the Tigris River, which come from Iran, whether seasonal or permanent, are 30 tributaries, and feed the river with 12 percent of its water imports. Iran has diverted most of its routes into its territory and built several dams, including 5 dams on the Karun River. 
The Kurdistan Regional Government said earlier that Iran "completely changed the course of the Karoon River, and set up three large dams on the river Karkh, after these rivers are the main sources of water of the region and Iraq as a whole."
The low level of water in Iraq poses a real problem, especially after the impact of Iran's transformation of the tributaries to the cities and surrounding areas, especially Basra, which witnessed a massive demonstration since last July due to the crisis of water shortage and pollution and deterioration of services. 
The decline in water levels from Turkey and Iran has led to fears in Iraq that the Tigris water supply has been reduced to half the volume after Turkey began operating the Elso dam, which was completed in January 2018. 
Since June, salinity Malhi) coming from the Arabian Gulf to the north of the Shatt al-Arab, the only source of water for the province of Basra. 
Shatt al-Arab consists of the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers north of Basra. As a result of the decisions of Turkey and Iran, the water level in the river has decreased, allowing it to increase the reception of the salty Gulf waters.

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http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/5f1b86c4-97fd-46c8-b7d9-f96926dcee60

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The first call from Basra to Abdul Mahdi

Release Date: 2018/10/25 22:36 • 526 times read

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The High Commission for Human Rights in Basra, appealed to the new government headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi.

The Commission's director Mehdi Tamimi said in a statement, received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, the new government to "the need to make serious decisions about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Basra because of high rates of pollution in the waters of the Shatt al-Arab, according to reports to the Office of the Commission and the health effects And environmental on the people of the region and on agriculture and livestock. " 
Tamimi said that "cases of poisoning has exceeded 117 thousand cases of illness," expressing "the concern of the people of Basra about the lack of sincerity of the promises given to them reconstruction, despite the frequent visits of officials and their close monitoring of the humanitarian situation in Basra during the last period and the result is still lag in the completion of service projects And the infrastructure of the province. "

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Basra Council announces receipt of 229 billion dinars by the central government

15:00 - 27/10/2018

 

  

Information / special .. 
The Council of the province of Basra, on Saturday, the receipt of more than 229 billion dinars of the share of border crossings, which the central government. 
Council member Ahmad Abdul Hussein told Al-Maaloumah that "the Basra Council has 329 billion dinars by the Central Government of the imports of border crossings for the period from the beginning of this year until the first of August." 
He added that "the Council received 229 billion dinars of its debt and left 100 billion of the burden of Baghdad as well as the share of the month of August and September," noting that "those amounts will be allocated to projects suspended, which exceeded the completion rates of 80% provided that they are within the service projects that have priority." 
"There are negotiations between the governor and the finance ministry to release the rest of the funds of the central government," Abdul Hussein said

https://www.almaalomah.com/2018/10/27/358606/

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Basra protesters are preparing to renew the protests and emphasize: ministerial posts do not concern us

 

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The visual coordinator of the demonstrations in Basra is currently discussing the location and time of the start of the protests again, which stopped in respect of the four-day visit, stressing that the situation in the province has not changed at any level.

"The demonstrators in the province of Basra returned yesterday from the holy shrines after the performance of the 40th visit and are now in the process of mobilization to start the demonstrations again," said Sahlani, one of the activists of the demonstrations. 

"We expect that the demonstrations will resume after the coordination of the formats on a specific time and place to launch, especially as the visual street wondering about the date of the start of the demonstrations again." 

He pointed out that "the demonstrations will be at a high rate, as not achieved so far any of the demands of the demonstrators, and all that was announced by the mere balloons and the media in the air network is still water is not drinkable, unemployment is the same proportions, and the calamities and corruption are still the same, and responsible for The killing of demonstrators are still present in the province. " 

Sahlani did not rule out that "

He pointed out that the demonstrators "do not care about the issue of Basra to get ministerial portfolios in the previous government there were three ministers from Basra and did not provide anything to maintain." 

"The minister is supposed to be a professional serving all of Iraq, we do not want Basra marginalization, but not by way of exploiting the demonstrations of partisan interests, as well as the right of the deputy to stop its legislative oversight role to demand the ministries," he said, referring to the suspension of a number of members of Basra, In parliament to protest the lack of representation of Basra in the current government. 

Earlier Thursday, four deputies from the province of Basra announced the suspension of their membership in the House of Representatives until the response of the three presidencies to their request to Istizar two ministers for the province.

About two months ago, visual demonstrators were forced to freeze demonstrations after riots and violence broke out, including the burning of the headquarters of political parties and factions of the popular crowd and the Iranian consulate in Basra, as well as clashes with security forces that killed and wounded dozens. 

The demonstrators at the time not to participate in the demonstrations and give the previous government time to implement its promises, before entering the month of Muharram and the demonstrators protesting until the end of the visit to the forty to resume their demonstrations.

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Good morning Yota and DV  

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Great to see at least someone knows what the Hell they’re supposed to be doing. 

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Finance calls on the governor of Basra to speed up the announcement of grades within the movement of owners

 

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance Maher Hamad Johan

money and business Economy News Baghdad The Deputy Minister of Finance, Maher Hammad Johan, on Thursday, the governor of Basra, Asaad al-Eidani to accelerate the announcement of the grades that were provided to the province within the movement of owners. "The ministry is waiting for the launch of Basra for ten thousand degrees of employment in preparation for providing within the movement of owners and self-financing companies," Johann said in a press statement. He added that "the financial circulated to all ministries that have a department or branch in Basra to notify the Ministry of Finance degrees available within the movement of owners in order to announce the appointment to the people of the province." Views 64   Date Added 11/01/2018

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Fuad Hussein funding Basra with 500 billion dinars

 Twilight News    

 3 minutes ago

 

Shafaq News / MP for the province of Basra, Jamal Mohammedawi, the receipt of the province more than 500 billion Iraqi dinars funded by the Ministry of Finance. 
"The total amounts received to the province of Basra as funding from the State Treasury for the year 2018 amounted to (501370196389) dinars and these amounts within the petrodollar and the development of regions and allocations of investment projects." 
"The funds are allocated to the sectors of industry, transport, buildings, services and education, as well as the agricultural sector, but the visual citizen suffers from poor services and poor living conditions." 
He added that "the total allocated to the drinking water sector amounted to about 231 billion dinars, part of the project to study and design and implementation of water in the hand of Umm Qasr, and allocated $ 3 billion to cover the operational expenses of the current water of Basra, for the purpose of maintenance and rehabilitation.
He pointed out that "the (291) billion allocated in September last year to implement the work related to the water sector in Basra." 
He stressed that "with these amounts allocated to Basra, which is good amounts, but the crisis of water pollution is still going on," and 
called on the governor of Basra and the administration of Basra to invest these amounts properly ensure the provision of services in an excellent way for citizens of the province. Stressing "the futility of the complaint of the province of weak financial allocation, but it - at the present - the transfer of service projects to solid companies in a transparent and Nazism."

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http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/011d9b8e-237c-49cf-aedc-4a0063ef0b01

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Basra Council holds its meeting in the presence of the governor and the ministers of health and municipalities

Monday, 19 November 2018 - 02:27 PM

 

 

Basra Governorate Council held its regular session Monday in the presence of the Governor and the Minister of Health Alaa Alwan and the reconstruction and housing, municipalities and public works Bengen Rikani as well as a number of Directors General.

The head of the council, Waleed Kaitan, said that the attendance of the ministers and their representatives in Basra and its meeting, which was devoted to reviewing the problems of the Zubayr sewerage project, is a message of interest in Basra and its problems.

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Minister of Municipalities of the Murad: The Greater Basra water project will not be completed by the end of 2018

Monday 19 November 2018 - 02:35 PM

 

 

The Minister of Construction, Municipalities and Public Works, Rukani said during a session of the Basra Provincial Council held today that the large water project of Basra, funded by the Japanese loan will not be completed on schedule, preceded by late this year, due to the delay of work, noting that the ministry is in the process of finding alternatives to complete The project.

"The ministry is currently studying the possibility of setting up at least 1,000 housing units, at a price of only 30 million dirhams, on the needy sectors in the province," Rikani told the speaker on the sidelines of the meeting.

The governorate council held its regular session today in the presence of the Governor, Minister of Health Alaa Alwan, Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, Benjin Rikani as well as a number of Directors General.

The head of the council, Waleed Kaitan, said that the presence of ministers and their representatives in Basra and its meeting, which was devoted to reviewing the problems of the Zubayr sewage project, is a message of interest in Basra and its problems.