Iraq/Kurdistan: Top Iraq Court Set to Rule on Kurdistan Region's Oil Exports

Apr 9, 2018 | Reuters
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Iraq’s top court will begin hearings in May on the legality of oil exports from Kurdistan, which are at the centre of a row between the semi-autonomous region and Baghdad. The oil dispute is the main hurdle to normalising relations between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of northern Iraq which conducted an October referendum on independence despite Baghdad’s opposition.