Iraq/Islamic State: Iraq PM Says Turkey Main Conduit for Islamic State Oil-Smuggling

Dec 7, 2015 | Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Monday that most of the oil produced in Islamic State-held territory in Iraq and Syria was being smuggled through Turkey. Turkey has repeatedly strongly denied any state involvement in smuggling oil from Islamic State-controlled parts of Syria or Iraq and says it has made progress in combating fuel smuggling networks that have operated on its borders for decades.