Iraq launches op to clear oil route
Iraq Between 200 and 1,000 guerrillas from different groups including Islamic State and the little-known White Banners, who are believed to be drawn from displaced local Kurdish populations, are estimated to be entrenched in a mountainous area near the border.
The Iraqi operation has US air support and is co-ordinated with Kurdish forces nearby, Reuters reported.
The central government captured the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and nearby oilfields from the Kurdistan Regional Government in October 2017 after an ill-fated independence referendum the previous month in Kurdish-controlled areas including Kirkuk. It has since announced plans to export Kirkuk oil to Iran’s Kermanshah refinery by road.
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