Iraqi Kurds plan vote for independence 02:26. The takeover of the Bai Hassan and Kirkuk oil fields were the latest land grabs by Kurds, who have responded to the Sunni militant insurgency that has ...

On July 11 Kurdish forces took control of the main oil fields surrounding Kirkuk, a move that could bolster a potential bid for independence. The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) announced its ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Talks between Erbil and Baghdad on resuming Kurdish oil exports are progressing, though a key ...

Baghdad has previously accused the Kurds of illegally exporting oil. The disputed oil fields were controversially included in the independence referendum, despite lying outside of the established ...

LONDON—Kurdish Peshmerga forces took control of production facilities at two key oil fields near the northern city of Kirkuk Friday, in a politically-charged move that is likely to worsen ...

For over a decade, U.S. efforts to promote stability across the Middle East have run afoul of many complexities. The recent independence referendum in the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's oil ministry said on Thursday it holds the Kurdish regional government (KRG) legally responsible for the continued smuggling of oil from the Kurdish region outside the ...

Tensions have escalated between Iraq's central government in Baghdad and the semiautonomous Kurdish region in the country's north in a long-running dispute over the the sharing of oil revenues.

Iraq’s oil ministry has announced the resumption of oil exports from northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region. Skip to content. Local News.

BP plc (BP), the UK supermajor, has entered into a preliminary agreement with the government of Iraq to rehabilitate and develop four significant oil and gas fields in the northern Kirkuk region.

Iraq accused Kurdish forces of seizing two northern oil fields near the disputed city of Kirkuk Friday, as relations between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan region hit a new low.

Tensions have escalated between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the country’s north in a long-running dispute over the the sharing of oil revenues ...