Oil Gives Kurds a Path to Independence, and Conflict With Baghdad

Oil Gives Kurds a Path to Independence, and Conflict With Baghdad

New York Times

The oil fleet is a costly gamble, to the tune of millions in fees each month, by Kurdishofficials who are desperately trying to sell the oil abroad, even as the Iraqi government and the United States are blocking their attempts. To Iraqi officials ...

Kurdish and Iraqi government forces make gains against Isis insurgents

The Guardian

Iraqi government forces and Shia militias seized control of the strategic town of Jurf al-Sakhar near Baghdad from Islamic State (Isis) on Saturday, while Kurdish fighters made gains in the north after heavy coalition air strikes against the Sunni ...

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Kurdish defenders retake Kobane hill; Peshmerga reinforcements reduced

Rudaw

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Coalition airstrikes helped Kobane's Kurdish defenders recapture the strategic Tel-Shahir village Friday, as Turkey said the number of Peshmerga being sent by Iraqi Kurdistan to reinforce Kurdishrebels in the besieged Syrian town ...

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Kurdish militants kill three soldiers in southeast Turkey: army

Reuters

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militants killed three Turkish soldiers in Turkey's southeast on Saturday, the Turkish Armed Forces said, in a further blow to peace talks between Ankara and the insurgents. Three members of the "separatist terrorist ...

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