The story: MPs from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) are pushing the Iraqi parliament to amend the Federal Supreme Court law instead of approving a new bill. Since progress on the court reform has been tied to the delayed 2021 federal budget, Kurdish and mainly Shiite Arab MPs are now further clashing over the budget bill.  

The coverage: As Amwaj.media has previously reported, the court bill controversially seeks the inclusion of Islamic jurists in Iraq’s top court...