Iraq Situation Report: July 31 - August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015 - Sinan Adnan![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/iraq%20SITREP%202015-08-03%20-%20high_0.png?itok=ZW4u8JBv)
The government of Prime Minister (PM) Haidar al-Abadi is taking active steps toward decentralization by allowing approval of the Provincial Powers Act, also known as Law 21, which transfers powers from the central to the provincial governments.