File photo of an oil refinery. (Reuters/Bret Hartman/Files)
by Dalshad Abdullah and Layal Abu Rahal | Jul 30, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq claim to have made major inroads into shutting down oil smuggling by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Major Farouk Ahmed, an officer in the Kurdistan Regional...