IRAQ
 
Attack Heightens KRG Security Fears
 
A well planned assault on 27 February on a convoy belonging to Oryx Petroleum near the drilling site at the Swiss-based independent’s Hawler block left four injured in what appears to be the most serious attack to date on the oil industry in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), MEES learns.
 
A coordinated explosion of three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) resulted in one injured Oryx employee. Kurdish...