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Iraq's Kurds claim control of disputed oilfields


Friday, 11 July, 2014 , 16:13

ARBIL, Iraq, July 11, 2014 (AFP) — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region claimed control of disputed northern oilfields Friday, a move sharply condemned by Baghdad as relations between the two sides hit a new low.

"Members of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Kirkuk Oil Protection Forces moved to secure the oilfields of Bai Hassan and the Makhmour area," the region's government said in a statement.