Politics

Baghdad court rejects Oil Ministry effort to invalidate KRG oil contracts

The Karkh Court of Appeals has denied an Oil Ministry appeal and reversed a series of 2022 rulings that declared several KRG oil contracts void.

Workers measure the pressure at the Central Processing Facility at the Tawke oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan in August 2012. (SEBASTIAN MEYER/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

Aug 11, 2014

Maliki claims foul play as Abadi’s support grows

After key Maliki allies turn, Haider al-Abadi tasked with forming government, though his ascension to PM is hardly assured.

Aug 11, 2014

Haider al-Abadi nominated as Iraqi PM

Deadline defections from PM Maliki give deputy Parliament speaker the Shia coalition nod.

Aug 5, 2014

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Aug. 5, 2014

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.

Jul 29, 2014

U.S. Marshals ordered to seize KRG crude

Iraq’s Oil Ministry stops oil from Kurdistan from being sold to American buyers.

Jul 24, 2014

UPDATE: Parliament elects new president, prioritizes budget

After selection of Fuad Masum as president, the all-important budget must compete with political and security crises for politicians' attention.

Jul 23, 2014

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: July 22, 2014

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.

Jul 18, 2014

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: July 17, 2014

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.

Jul 11, 2014

UPDATE: KRG takes Kirkuk, Bai Hassan fields

When the Oil Ministry gave orders to dismantle a key pipeline, the Kurds took over the NOC's fields, and post-2003 relations between Baghdad and Erbil have never been worse.

Jul 10, 2014

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: July 10, 2014

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.

Jul 8, 2014

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: July 6, 2014

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.