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A worker walks on an oil pipeline at Khurmala oilfield on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, on December 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Stringer)
by Ranj Alaaldin | Jan 14, 2014 | Majalla Blogs
Iraq’s Kurds have taken another step toward independence with the creation of a pipeline that will give them an independent export capacity. Over the past five years, the region has dramatically transformed its oil and gas sector, both to enhance its autonomy from the...
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Iraqi Kurds wave the Kurdish flags next to a bonfire to celebrate New Year which marks the beginning of the Noruz spring festival in the northern city of Erbil. (AFP)
by Ranj Alaaldin | Apr 8, 2013 | Debate
Kurdish-Arab tensions have increased in recent weeks as a result of political differences between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal government in Baghdad. Disputes over oil and gas resources and the 2013 budget have undermined stability in Iraq...
