Urgent Update 11/1/2015 The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq announced today that Iraq still enjoys a comfortable reservoir of foreign cash currency. He also pointed out that Iraq’s reserves estimated at more than 1,500%, showing us that it is not only possible that the dinar could revalue overnight by a 1,000% but is probable

The Official Revaluation of the Iraqi Dinar Started Today 5:46:00 AM News (Note: This was emailed to us by an anonymous source. We do not confirm whatsoever that Iraq had officially revalued the dinar.) 10/31/2015 1:06 BAGHDAD Iraq officially revalued its currency today, introducing a new international exchange rate. The rate changed for the first time

(CNN) — The loss of the major city of Kunduz to the Taliban is a stunning reversal for the Afghan government, deepening worries about the ability of its security forces to take the fight to the Islamic militants. Afghan officials vowed to quickly drive the Taliban back out again from the northern… http://flip.it/P88Ib

MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia escalated the stakes in his contest with the West over influence in the Middle East on Wednesday, as Russian pilots carried out their first airstrikes in Syria. Russian warplanes dropped bombs near the central city of Homs, according to American offi… http://flip.it/qUWx4

By onSeptember 21, 2015 in Banking & Finance Moody’s Investors Service has today assigned a provisional rating of (P)Caa1 to Government of Iraq’s planned USD-bond issuance, with a stable outlook. The … http://flip.it/X6z0h

Chaos is spreading from the Middle East outward as hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees pour into Europe. Over the last decade millions of Iraqis and Syrians have fled their homes. Western … http://flip.it/2HLYr

Information leaked by the US embassy in Baghdad has helped to foil two assassination attempts on Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, a senior Iraqi official has revealed. According to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat … http://flip.it/HYRLq

The controversial fighters targeted Sunni Iraqis just months ago, Human Rights Watch says. WASHINGTON — Mostly Shiite militias who are at the core of the Iraqi government’s strategy to combat the Islamic State group and have worked alongside the U.S. coalition battling that group detained hundre… http://flip.it/bXpFH

Many in the Arab world must look at Iraq’s prime minister and wonder how he sleeps at night. With the state imploding, falling oil prices, industrial-scale corruption, not to mention vast chunks of … http://flip.it/z4F8U

A ruling by a US federal court is a setback for the Kurdistan Regional Government A US federal court dealt a setback to efforts by Iraq’s self-governing Kurds to sell Iraqi crude oil in the US, … http://flip.it/oU6Lq