Asia Iraq iQ Cars, Iraq’s largest online car marketplace, successfully closed of a 7-figure Seed A funding round led by Euphrates Ventures; this major investment marks a significant step for the platform connecting car buyers and sellers across the nation
Asia Iraq Over 600 pilgrims were briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine resulting of a leak at a water treatment station on the route between the two Shia holy cities of Najaf and Karbala
Asia Iraq The Baghdad Municipality will launch its largest-ever afforestation campaign in the upcoming autumn season, planting a million trees in a major urban transformation project and the ongoing Green Belt Project has reached over 95% completion
Asia Iraq Several citizens are still missing after a fire at a hypermarket in Kut in eastern Iraq left at least 61 dead, while were rescued among the ones in the building at the time the fire started; the venue was brand new, inaugurated a few days before
Asia Iraq The oil sector, vital for Iraq's economy, is facing both a potential export crisis, with difficult negotiations with the Kurdistan Regional Government and possible US sanctions, and an expansion of production in southern oil fields