MarketWatch | Oil holds ground, settles near 3-week high MarketWatch Elsewhere, Iraqi forces clashed Monday with fighters from Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, in a continuing standoff over Kurdish independence. The violence followed a referendum late September in which the Kurds ... Iraqi Troops Retake All Oil Fields Held by Kurds Since 2014 Shale band explains oil price struggle to top $60 a barrel Oil Slips on Report Kurds Agree to Retreat, Easing Tension |