IRAQ
 
Baghdad And Kurds Exchange Fire As KRG Oil Sector Poised For Investor Influx
 
By Rafiq Latta
 
Iraqi federal troops and Kurdish Peshmerga forces were facing off against each other in Salah al-Din province, as MEES went to press. The military mobilization follows an armed clash on 16 November that is threatening to further destabilize an already explosive situation.
 
The shooting at Tuz Khurmatu, in which at least one person died, comes amid worsening...