Iraq wins arbitration case against Turkey, halts Kurdish oil exports.

An international arbitration case has been won by Baghdad, halting oil exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region via Turkey. The central government considers it illegal for Irbil to export oil without going through the Iraqi national oil company, while Kurdish authorities have said the practice is meant to compensate for budget transfers withheld from the Kurdish region by Baghdad. The Kurdish region's ministry of natural resources said the regional government will not "give up on the constitutional rights of the Kurdistani people" and that the ruling will not harm its relations with the central government.