News Summary: Kurds sending crude oil to Turkey
Iraqi Kurds announce start of oil flow to Turkey for exports without Baghdad's approval
CRUDE EXPORT: Iraq's self-ruled northern Kurdish region says it has unilaterally started sending its crude to Turkey and is going ahead with plans to export oil despite objections by the central government in Baghdad.
FRICTION: The Arab-led government in Baghdad and the Kurds in the country's north have been locked in a long-running dispute over who is in charge of the country's oil and who has the rights to develop Iraq natural resources, based on different interpretations of the 2005 constitution.
TURKEY'S TAKE: For its part, Turkey has been reluctant to get involved in Iraq's internal oil dispute but there have been reports Ankara would not allow the exports without Baghdad's OK.
