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Competition Yields to Pragmatism in Kirkuk

Aug 31, 2016 | 04:17 GMT

Competition Yields to Pragmatism in Kirkuk
An oil deal with the Iraqi government will give leaders in the Kurdistan Regional Government, including Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (L) and parliament speaker Yossef Mohammed, some help in paying government workers.

(SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

An oil deal between Iraq and the autonomous Kurdish region acknowledges the realities of the political and economic fragility of both governments....

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