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A sweet shop in the city centre of Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq's Kurdish region. Chris Whiteoak / The National
A sweet shop in the city centre of Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq's Kurdish region. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Iraq export pipeline closure wreaks havoc on Kurdish region economy
Losses resulting from shutdown of conduit to Turkey estimated at more than $4 billion