The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) met with business and government leaders from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq earlier this month in Erbil, the region’s capital city. The authority’s visit came as part of an 150-strong delegation to Erbil representing 54 UAE government departments and major private sector businesses in conjunction with the second ‘TradeUAE Iraq’ exhibition. Iraq is ...

Construction of Sharjah International Airport’s AED 500 million (USD 136 million) new airstrip is well underway and is work is expected to be completed over the summer months. The airport is one of the Middle East’s top airfreight logistics hubs and the home base of regional budget airline Air Arabia. Sharjah International Airport’s year-on-year growth is strong and it saw ...

The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) is promoting Sharjah’s investment proposition to Iraqi Kurdistan and Russia this month. The Russian Federation is a major trading partner of the United Arab Emirates with bilateral trade in excess of US$1.5 billion (AED 5.5 billion), while non-oil trade between the UAE and Iraq reached a total of US$8 billion (Dh29.42 billion) in ...