Iraq: Tribal Clashes, Political Void Threaten Oil Installations in Iraq's South

Sep 13, 2017 | Aref Mohammed and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
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Worsening clashes among tribes and a political void is threatening security at oil installations in Iraq’s main southern oil producing region, officials and security sources said. Iraq has concentrated security forces in the north and west of the OPEC oil producer in the biggest campaign since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 to retake territory lost to the Sunni extremist group Islamic State in 2014.