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Iraq says Kurdistan smuggling oil through Iran


Monday, 2 April, 2012 , 12:02 AFP Iraq's Kurdish region, which has halted crude exports in a row with Baghdad, owes the central government more than $5 billion and is smuggling the oil it produces through Iran, Iraqi officials said Monday.

Kurds halt oil exports in payment row


Sunday, 1 April, 2012 , 18:14 AFP Iraq's Kurdish region halted oil exports on Sunday after Baghdad's top energy official warned it to reconsider before following through on the threat over the government's non-payment of funds.

Kurds halt oil exports in payment row


Sunday, 1 April, 2012 , 16:18 AFP Iraq's Kurdish region halted oil exports on Sunday after Baghdad's top energy official warned it to reconsider before following through on the threat over the government's non-payment of funds.

Iraq's Kurds halt oil exports in payment row


Sunday, 1 April, 2012 , 15:46 AFP Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has halted its exports of oil, it said on Sunday, claiming that the central government has withheld payment to oil companies working in the region for 10 months.

Iraq's Kurds halt oil exports in payment row: statement


Sunday, 1 April, 2012 , 15:28 AFP Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has halted its exports of oil, it said on Sunday, claiming that the central government has withheld payment to companies working in the region for 10 months.

Iraq's Kurds stop oil exports in payment dispute: statement


Sunday, 1 April, 2012 , 15:25 AFP

Iraq deputy PM warns Kurds on oil export threat


Sunday, 1 April, 2012 , 15:18 AFP Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region should think twice before threatening to cut off oil exports and must get "their act together," Baghdad's deputy prime minister for energy affairs warned on Sunday.

Any Total deal with KRG illegal: Iraq deputy PM


Sunday, 1 April, 2012 , 13:53 AFP Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for energy affairs Hussein al-Shahristani warned Total on Sunday that any deal the French energy giant signs with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region would be illegal.

Iraqi Kurd leader seeks Bulgarian investments


Thursday, 29 March, 2012 , 10:28 AFP The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan was in Bulgaria on Thursday seeking investment in the region's farming, health and construction sectors, the government's press office here said.

Five Kurds arrested in Italy for PKK racket


Tuesday, 27 March, 2012 , 15:28 AFP Italian police on Tuesday arrested five Kurdish men suspected of forcing fellow Kurds to pay a "revolutionary tax" to finance the Kurdish Worker's Party, which is banned as a terrorist group in Europe.