Sectarianism, violence overtake political leadership

Iraq's PM al-Maliki and acting Defence Minister al-Dulaimi attend funeral ceremony for soldiers killed by militants in Baghdad

As another deadly day of bombings hit Iraq, political leaders traded blame but not solutions.

  • Q&A: Alaa Mohie el-Deen

    Alaa Mohie el-Deen, the head of Iraq's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, gives a press conference in February 2013. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

    The leader of Iraq's push for oil sector transparency discusses Iraq's latest EITI report, as well as the challenges of integrating Kurdistan into the process.

  • Q&A: Gen. James Jones

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    The former national security adviser to President Obama calls for a U.S. policy shift that would embrace Iraqi Kurdistan's oil deals.

Oil majors seek Kurdistan deals, despite uncertainty

A worker at Gulf Keystone Petroleum's Shaikan extended well test facility. (SEBASTIAN MEYER/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

Without a clear path to monetize large-scale production in the KRG, IOCs are showing less appetite for mergers and acquisitions, but they're still in the market for new exploration blocks.