Iraq: Turkey, KRG and the situation in Kirkuknote

Chief of the Turkish National Intelligence Hakan Fidan is said to be playing a major role in easing the tension in northern Iraq between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The following 425-word report sheds more light on Fidan’s role and its relation with the oil sector in Kirkuk. It also tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi.