Oil seen as real prize of Iran's Kurdish adventure
BAGHDAD/LONDON (Reuters) - After helping Iraq stifle a Kurdish push for independence, Iran is now positioning itself to take control of oil exports from the region’s giant Kirkuk field, with the first deliveries expected within days, officials and trading sources said./ FILE PHOTO: Flames emerge from flare stacks at the oil fields in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani/File Photo/ In the weeks since September’s failed Kurdish independence referendum, Iraq has agreed for the first time to ...
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