BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk on Tuesday, dealing a heavy blow to the finances of the autonomous Kurdish government.
The Kurds withdrew without a fight after federal government troops and militia seized the provincial governor’s office and key military bases and oil fields as tensions boiled over following a Kurdish vote for independence last month.
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