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International financial alliance forms to help Iraq

Several countries are forming an economic alliance to help Iraq in its financial crisis.

A man counts a pile of US Dollar bank notes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 4, 2020, during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. - With its financial outlook darkening by the day, Iraq is considering slashing its massive public payroll -- an unpopular move likely to renew protests.
OPEC's second-largest producer has been hit hard by the double-whammy of collapsed crude prices and the COVID-19 pandemic, which have hacked at its revenues from oil sales. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD A
A man counts a pile of US dollar bank notes in the capital Baghdad, Iraq, May 4, 2020. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images

Following months of struggle between the Iraqi government and the parliament, the latter approved Nov. 12 the deficit law that allows Iraq to borrow 12 trillion dinars ($10 billion), which would only provide Iraq with three months to pay the salaries of public servants.

The Iraqi government at the same time is looking for other sources of money.

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