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October 25, 2017       Share:    

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/24/iraq-paramilitaries-battle-kurds-in-push-towards-turkish-border-oil-hub.html

Pro-Government Iraqi Militias Continue Offensive Against Kurds

(Reuters-CNBC) Iraqi pro-government paramilitaries launched an offensive against Kurdish troops on Tuesday in Rabi'a, 40 km. south of the Fish-Khabur area near the Turkish border. The area is strategically vital because oil from both Kurdish and government-held parts of northern Iraq cross at a pipeline there into Turkey, the main route for international export. Baghdad says the oil export pipeline hub must come under its control, but Fish-Khabur is located within the Kurdish autonomous region and has been under Kurdish control since 1991.

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