Oilfield Run by US Firm Hit in Drone Attack in Iraqi Kurdistan, Sources Say

BAGHDAD, July 16 (Reuters) – A drone attack struck an oilfield operated by U.S. company Hunt Oil in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Dohuk on Wednesday, security sources said.

It was the latest in a series of attacks on oilfields in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in recent days. It also marked the second attack on the same field, Ain Sifni, on Wednesday.

Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed, Editing by William Maclean


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