Daily Links — Monday, September 21, 2026
Monday's Iraq desk is all about the September 30 turn. On the currency, Baghdad Today flags an expected decision to raise the price of the dollar as part of the economic-reform plan — worth watching closely. On security, al-Awadi says the state is still counting weapons and taking over the security file in the governorates, the Yazidi Sinjar factions are reportedly moving to hand their weapons to the state, the Kurdistan Region president insists no force operates outside the Peshmerga umbrella, and the KRG says the international coalition 'will not survive' past September 30. The 2027 budget is set to reach parliament in October, the judiciary recovered 51 billion dinars in a corruption case, and Baghdad's press is fixed on what comes after the withdrawal. On the wider board: France's credit-rating downgrade and cracks spreading in Europe, Ukraine hammering a major Moscow refinery amid a global diesel crunch, and the Denmark–Greenland–Trump story. Here's everything on the desk.
Iraq & the Dinar
- An expected decision to raise the price of the dollar as part of the economic-reform plan — Baghdad Today
- Al-Awadi: we are continuing to count weapons and receive the security file in the governorates — Alsumaria
- Report: the Yazidi Sinjar factions are heading to hand over their weapons to the Iraqi state — Alsumaria
- Kurdistan Region president: no force outside the Peshmerga umbrella — Shafaq News (Arabic)
- Kurdistan Regional Presidency: the international coalition will not survive after September 30 — Alsumaria
- Iraq's 2027 budget heads to parliament in October: priority projects and services — Al-Mustaqila (Arabic)
- Judiciary recovers 51 billion dinars in a financial and administrative corruption case — Alsumaria
- Baghdad newspapers focus on the post-withdrawal period, Iraq's international presence, and dollar fluctuations — Al-Mustaqila (Arabic)
Money & Markets
- Losing control: France's credit rating downgraded, and now Europe is starting to crack — ZeroHedge
- The Central Bank of Syria issues new banknotes (10, 25, and 500 Syrian pounds) — Central Bank of Iraq
Around the World
- Ukraine pounds a major Moscow refinery as a global diesel crisis threatens an economic shock — ZeroHedge
- Denmark signals a Trump Greenland deal would boost Arctic security — The Epoch Times
- Spain: 74% of sex-crime suspects are foreigners in the Basque Country — RMX News
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