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In November 2009, an ExxonMobil - Shell joint venture won a $50 billion contract to develop the 9-billion-barrels (1.4 × 10 ^ 9 m 3) West Qurna Phase I. [1] As per Iraqi Oil Ministry estimates, the project required a $25 billion investment and another $25 billion in operating fees creating approximately 100,000 jobs in the underdeveloped southern region.
Bismayah is the first and the largest city development project of the past decade in Iraq. Bismayah is located 10km southeast of Baghdad on the main highway connecting Baghdad-Kut, spread over a total area of 1,830 hectares, and is being built to accommodate around 600,000 occupants in a total of 100,000 residential units.
The Battle of Yamama was fought in December 632 as part of the Ridda Wars against a rebellion within the Rashidun Caliphate in the region of al-Yamama (in present-day Saudi Arabia) between the forces of Abu Bakr and Musaylima, a self-proclaimed prophet.
Iraq’s prime minister on Saturday announced plans for a $17 billion regional transportation project intended to facilitate the flow of goods from Asia to Europe. The announcement was made at a ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -The United States and Iraq have reached an understanding on plans for the withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces from Iraq, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Launched last year, the 1,200-km (745-mile) road and rail project aims to turn Iraq into a transit hub, connecting Asia and Europe with a link between Iraq's Grand Faw Port in the oil-rich south ...
Upon receiving news of the situation in the Persian Gulf, Umar issued orders condemning and dismissing al-Ala from the governorship of Bahrayn and the Yamama in 638. He was concurrently reassigned to the Sasanian front in Iraq, where he was placed under the command of his rival Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. [12]
A central part of the Al Yamamah deal was the sale of Tornado fighters to the Royal Saudi Air Force.. Al Yamamah (Arabic: اليمامة, lit. 'The Dove') is the name of a series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, paid for by the delivery of up to 600,000 barrels (95,000 m 3) of crude oil per day to the British government. [1]