Iraq/Kurdistan: Exclusive: U.S. Helped Clinch Iraq Oil Deal to Keep Mosul Battle on Track

Oct 4, 2016 | Reuters
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Iraq and the U.S.-led military coalition backing it are relying on cooperation from the Kurds to retake Mosul from the ultra-hardline jihadists and undermine their self-proclaimed caliphate. For Washington, defeating Islamic state has been one of the major foreign policy objectives under the second term of president Barack Obama, who will step down as president in January.