Baghdad targets KRG deals … Oil law “irreconcilable” … Law vs. security for int’l oil companies … and much more

The leader of one of the most powerful Iraqi political parties said "good progress" has been made on the oil law, though he was short on details. …

The oil law, however, is stuck in Parliament's energy committee and a resolution between the central government and Kurdistan appears far away. When asked to explain "good progress," Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, said the oil and other laws have either "already reached the Iraqi Parliament" or "are still being prepared."