One month after Parliament passed legislation designed to help restart the pipeline to Turkey, implementation is mired in old disagreements.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.
The head of the Parliament Finance Committee talks about priorities for cutting costs while being able to pay for defense, refugees and IOCs.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.
Iraq’s Parliament is reading the draft budget for a second time, paving the way toward a vote, but as oil prices fall below $50, the numbers don’t add up.
PM Abadi's draft budget seeks to balance the competing interests of a fractured polity while contending with a devastating drop in oil prices and a crippling legacy of fiscal mismanagement.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.
Budget bill anticipates reduced revenue and big deficits, and incorporates an oil and revenue-sharing deal with Kurdistan.
A collection of Iraqi oil experts outside of government have sent an open letter to the Iraqi Parliament, just as it takes up a draft budget that incorporates the Dec. 2 deal between Baghdad and Erbil.
Rising oil output give KRG a strong negotiating position, but demands over independent export rights and control of disputed fields could put pressure on fragile Baghdad rapprochement.
