Fight against ISIL oil needs to be global says Kurdish energy minister

Seven people were arrested near Kirkuk in northern Iraq in connection with the transportation of four tankers of oil extracted by ISIL in the fields it controls in the south of Iraq, said the Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) natural resources minister during a World Economic Forum meeting in Istanbul on Monday.

Speaking at the meeting entitled "Unlocking Resources for Regional Development" at the Hilton Hotel in Istanbul; Ashti Hawrami said, "Yesterday KRG ministry of interrior told me that four tankers filled with oil, extracted by ISIL from the fields it controls in Iraq's south, were trying to enter into Kurdish region. Seven people were arrested and investigations are ongoing."

Hawrami, called on KRG's neighbors and the international community to share intelligence, and said, "Then they will see how we deal with smuggling." 

ISIL's oil income should be cut off via determined and coordinated efforts of international community, said Hawrami.