Baghdad, Kurds risk new crisis over Kirkuk oil
The disputed city's oil is becoming a 'make or break' issue in Baghdad's ties with Irbil as the fiscal crisis escalates
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- Territorial control
- Baghdad-Irbil understanding
- Exports below expectations
- Pipeline network
- Capacity recovery
- Budget discussions
- Compromise or escalation?
- Kurds compromise
- Kurds block exports
- Kurds escalate
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_350.jpg "The Bai Hassan oilfield northwest of Kirkuk (Reuters/Ako Rasheed)")