Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein reveals a temporary Erbil-Baghdad oil deal, but warns it fails to resolve a deep constitutional clash ...

A Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation on Wednesday is set to meet with Iraq’s finance and planning ministers to ...

The talks focused on revenue sharing, Kurdistan Region public employee salaries, oil exports, and the Kurdistan Region’s ...

A Kurdish lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament on Sunday accused Baghdad of hypocrisy in its dealings with Erbil, claiming the ...

The Kurdistan Region’s natural resources ministry announced Wednesday that 23 delegates, including 17 from Iraq’s oil ...

The exchange rate for the US dollar compared to the Iraqi dinar remained stable on Thursday in Baghdad and rose in Erbil.

The issue is not only the default confessionalism in Iraq’s top leadership posts with many Kurds assuming the presidency is reserved for them, but also revenue sharing between Baghdad and Erbil.

Tensions are rising. In the last year, Baghdad withheld oil revenues to which the Kurdish enclave is entitled, while Erbil advanced plans for oil distribution that bypassed the central government.

Pompeo met with top Iraqi officials in Baghdad, including Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi and President Barham Salih, before stopping in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Turkish Airlines subsequently introduced flights from Istanbul to Baghdad in October 2008 and more recently Lufthansa added a Frankfurt – Erbil link in April 2010.