The Iraqi federal government finally released April salaries to the Kurdistan region’s security forces after a thorough audit of formal payroll lists submitted by Kurdish authorities last week. This decision follows a ruling by Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court on 23 February, mandating that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) hand over all oil and non-oil revenues to the Iraqi federal government in Baghdad. The court also required the Iraqi government to manage the salaries of the northern region’s public employees through Iraqi governmental banks. The Iraqi Ministry of Finance had withheld fu…