Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 9/1/1997
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of September 1, 1997
- Syria-Iraqi borders to open soon
Syria's border with Iraq will be opened this month to enable Iraq to purchase goods needed according to the "oil for food" deal with the UN Syria-Iraq, Politics, 9/4/1997 - United Nations Security Council considers extending oil-for-food deal
The UN Security Council is discussing whether Iraq, which delayed the start of sales, should be allowed to recoup the full amount of funds possible under the oil-for-food deal. Iraq, Economics, 9/4/1997 - Importing Iraqi Oil
Samer Oil Refining Company is expected to import 16 thousand tons of crude oil from Iraq under the oil-for-food deal. Morocco-Iraq, Business, 9/3/1997 - Egypt will supply foodstuffs to Iraq
Egypt signed a contract worth 15 million US dollars to supply foodstuffs to Iraq under the oil-for-food deal. Egypt-Iraq, Business, 9/2/1997 - After being permitted to export oil for food, Iraq uses oil to achieve political goals
Iraq turned a new page with international companies as it decided that economic cooperation with Arab and Western companies will depend on how this cooperation will service Iraqi political interests. Iraq, Analysis, 9/1/1997 - Iraq digs new wells in the north
Oil experts estimate that Iraq needs between two and three years to restore its pre-Gulf war capacity of around 3.5 million barrels a day. Iraq, Business, 9/1/1997 - One killed, one injured in explosion in Iraq
An old missile dating to the Gulf war in 1991 exploded in al Qadisyiah, near Baghdad. Iraq, Local, 9/1/1997