Iraq’s Kurdistan region denies oil fields takeover as Erbil-Baghdad tensions escalate

Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government has denied allegations that it has taken over two oil fields operated by state-owned North Oil Co., which has said that Kurdish armed forces had sought control of Bai Hassan and Dawd Gurg fields in a further escalation of strained Erbil-Baghdad ties. “The Kurdistan Regional Government denies all allegations that the KRG, with the support…