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Tishwash: Foreign Minister: Washington has officially asked Iraq to close all border crossings with Iran.
Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein revealed on Saturday (November 7, 2026) that Baghdad had received an official request from the United States to close all border crossings with Iran except for two, coinciding with his announcement of the resumption of Iraqi oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz after reaching common understandings with Washington and Tehran, in a move to compensate for huge financial losses amounting to about $60 billion that the country incurred as a result of the halt in exports amid increasing indications of the possibility of renewed war in the region.
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Current circumstances suggest the possibility of renewed war in the region.
We lost about $60 billion as a result of the halt in oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz.
We resumed oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz following understandings with Washington and Tehran.
Washington has officially requested that we close all but two of our border crossings with Iran.
We informed Iran that we accept friendship and alliance with them, but we reject their interference in our affairs.
We have information about foreign entities using Iraqi territory to attack neighboring countries.
We seek to resolve our differences with Saudi Arabia through frank dialogue.
The state's monopoly on weapons must be achieved through dialogue, not armed conflict.
The Prime Minister reached understandings with 4 factions regarding the weapons issue.
Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada agreed to control weapons.
Negotiations are ongoing with the al-Nujaba Movement and Kataib Hezbollah regarding weapons.
We are in contact with Iran regarding the issue of weapons held by Iraqi factions.
Groups of ISIS fighters are based on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq.
A four-party committee comprising Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Turkey to combat the Islamic State in Syria.
We are taking military action on the Syrian border to prevent the infiltration of ISIS elements and to combat drug smuggling. link
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Tishwash: Al-Dulaimi explains Barak's last mission in Iraq
On Saturday, Anbar Alliance member Abdullah Ahmed Al-Dulaimi revealed the mission of Trump's envoy, Tom Barrack, to Baghdad and his insistence on the Al-Zaidi government's approval of the terms and conditions of the visit.
Al-Dulaimi told Al-Maalouma News Agency that “the visit of US President’s envoy Tom Park to Baghdad urged the government of Ali al-Zaidi to
close all border crossings between Iraq and Iran,
sever relations,
stop importing goods,
and move towards establishing trade relations with the Gulf states, in addition to Iraq refraining from paying its debts to Iran in hard currency (dollars) and dealing only in Iraqi dinars, as well as closing Iraqi airspace to the movement of passengers and goods.”
He added that "the Trump administration asked the al-Zaidi government to participate in tightening the siege on Tehran by closing all border crossings and closing its airspace to passenger traffic and trade."
He explained that "Trump's envoy threatened the al-Zaidi government with dire consequences if it refused to implement the American orders," confirming that "the al-Zaidi government secretly and unannouncedly agreed to what Barak presented, to be implemented gradually according to the timelines agreed upon by both parties." link
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Tishwash: The US President's envoy to Iraq: President al-Zaidi delivered a clear message: there is no place for militias in Iraqi state institutions.
The US President’s envoy to Iraq confirmed that Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi delivered a clear message rejecting the presence and influence of militias within Iraqi state institutions.
The envoy said in a tweet posted on the “X” platform that al-Zaidi’s message confirms that “there is no place for the influence of militias in Iraq’s institutions,” noting that the country’s future belongs to its people, not to armed factions operating outside the framework of the state.
He added that the Prime Minister’s position embodies an affirmation of Iraq’s sovereignty and the confinement of its institutions to the authority of the state. link
Tishwash: The World Bank affirms its support for efforts to develop financial management in Iraq.
The World Bank affirmed on Monday its support for the Ministry of Finance’s efforts to develop public financial management, while the two sides discussed completing the requirements for the transition towards a program and performance budget.
The ministry said in a statement received by Iraq Observer that the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, Abdul Hassan Jamal, discussed during a meeting with the World Bank team, in the presence of the Directors General of the Public Debt and Information Technology Departments and the ministerial team concerned with the project, the basic requirements for implementing the program and performance budget and the mechanisms for completing its implementation phases.
The statement quoted Jamal as stressing the importance of completing the legal and regulatory procedures, studying the costs and determining the spending units, in line with the steps of financial and administrative reform, and contributing to unifying the visions among the concerned parties regarding implementation mechanisms.
For its part, the World Bank team affirmed its support for the Ministry’s efforts in developing public financial management, noting the importance of automating financial processes in enhancing the efficiency of procedures and modernizing the financial work system. link
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Tishwash: Erbil and Baghdad conclude a four-hour meeting on the region's salaries and the 2027 budget.
Erbil (Kurdistan 24) - On Sunday, November 8, 2026, a delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government and a delegation from the federal government in Baghdad held an intensive meeting that lasted four hours, during which they discussed the issue of salaries, the region’s share in the draft 2027 budget, and oil exports.
According to information from Kurdistan 24's correspondent in Baghdad, the meeting lasted from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM, chaired by the Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government's Council of Ministers' Office, Omid Sabah, representing the regional delegation, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government, Mohammed Tamim, representing the federal delegation. The attendees discussed securing the region's rights and financial entitlements in the 2027 budget bill, as the Federal Council of Ministers is scheduled to hold a special session next Tuesday to approve the draft budget.
In the main focus of the meeting, the region's delegation insisted on completely separating the region's employees' salaries from actual expenses, and not combining them with expenses as in previous years, so that no obstacles would arise to the disbursement of employees' salaries. An amount of 11 trillion and 200 billion dinars was allocated for the region's total salaries for the year 2027.
The regional delegation also requested that the region's share of the federal budget be increased from 12.67% to 14.14%. Regarding the oil sector, discussions focused on the cost of producing and exporting the region's oil, currently set at 425,000 barrels per day, and on securing payments owed to oil companies, as these points had not been included in the draft budget by the federal Ministry of Finance.
In another part of the meeting, the issue of non-oil revenues, border crossing revenues, and the implementation of the ASYCUDA system in customs were discussed at length. It was decided that the Kurdistan Region delegation's discussions in Baghdad would continue during the two days between the federal cabinet meeting and the Kurdistan Region's formal inclusion of its demands in the draft 2027 budget law.
According to the same information, the federal government allocated 13 trillion dinars to the Kurdistan Region in the 2027 budget, and this amount does not cover salaries and expenses.
On the other hand, Kurdistan 24 learned that Iraq’s revenues for 2027 were estimated at 174 trillion dinars, while expenditures amounted to 217 trillion dinars, which means a budget deficit of 43 trillion dinars, which the government is scheduled to cover through internal and external borrowing. link
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Tishwash: Parliament is following up with the Financial Control Authority on finalizing the accounts and controlling the revenues of the ports.
Speaker of Parliament Hebat al-Halbousi discussed on Sunday (November 8, 2026) with the head of the Financial Control Bureau, Ammar Subhi Khalaf, strengthening oversight of public funds, resolving the issue of the state’s final accounts, in addition to following up on stalled projects and controlling revenues at border crossings.
A statement from the House of Representatives, received by Network 964, said that “the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Hebat Al-Halbousi, received today, Sunday, the head of the Federal Board of Financial Control, Mr. Ammar Subhi Khalaf, to discuss a number of files related to strengthening control over public funds, evaluating the financial and administrative performance of state institutions, and developing accountability mechanisms and following up on violations.
The meeting addressed “the importance of the audit reports issued by the Bureau, and the need to follow up on the observations and violations contained therein.”
The discussion also covered “the file of the state’s final accounts and the level of commitment to preparing, submitting and auditing them, the extent to which actual spending matches financial allocations and approved objectives, as well as the efficiency of public resource management and reducing waste in public spending.”
The meeting witnessed “a discussion of the reality of investment and service projects, especially stalled projects, and the reasons for the delay in their completion. Emphasis was also placed on the importance of strengthening oversight of public revenues, including revenues from border crossings and non-oil revenues, and ensuring their collection in accordance with applicable laws, as well as examining the fairness of the distribution of resources and financial allocations among the governorates, and the extent of its impact on project implementation and improving the level of services.”
Al-Halbousi stressed “the importance of strengthening cooperation and coordination between the Council and the Federal Board of Supreme Audit, and benefiting from oversight reports and data in supporting legislative and oversight work, in a way that contributes to consolidating accountability, raising the efficiency of government performance, and improving the management of state resources.” link