Topic: Iraq

Tough path to recovery ‘Syria to prioritise restoring rail link to Türkiye’

Syria has reportedly started the reconstruction of its rail network in cooperation with Türkiye and Iraq. A number of high-importance projects are on the to-do…
Interview Ten days faster than Suez: Türkiye sees potential in Iraqi railway project

In late June, the World Bank announced a 930 million dollar grant for the so-called Iraq Development Road. It would constitute a whole new rail…
Connection towards Türkiye World Bank funds Iraqi Development Road with close to a billion dollars

A large section of the Iraqi Development Road, a rail project that looks to connect Iraq’s southern coast to its northern neighbour Türkiye, will get…
More routes west Egypt, Israel, Iraq want to tap into Asia – Europe trade via rail

Countries all along the Middle Corridor are working on their infrastructure to put more Asia – Europe trade goods on the rails. However, beyond the…
ANALYSIS Can there be an India-Middle East-Europe corridor without Turkey?

The recent confirmation of the US and EU-led plan to establish an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, which will also be of great rail transport and…

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New railway line between Iraq and Iran in the pipeline

Iraq and Iran will jointly finish a rail link at their border in the south. The rail link will connect the Iranian border city Shalamcheh…
New railway line from Iraq to Turkey on paper

The railway line that will connect Iraq to Turkey is starting to get shaped. The design of the route has been completed, according to the…
Erdogan says Turkey-Iraq future railway line can be a ‘new Silk Road’

Iraq approved the project for the so-called Development Road (also known as the Dry Canal), a rail and road network that will link Basrah, in…
New railway line connecting east and west, this time in Iraq

A new railway link from the Persian Gulf to Turkey and eventually Europe is in the design phase. The country of transit? Iraq. The country…