Turkey and Iraq reach Kurdish security deal

Turkey and Iraq have agreed a deal to crack down on PKK Kurdish militants and make way for a major new trade route


TURKEY
Ovakoy
Lake Urmia
Cukurka
SYRIA 
Disputed territory
DUHOK
IRAN
Mosul
ARBIL

Iraqi Kurdistan 
Security corridor 
Turkish military points

Development Road

Turkey: Military operation to establish 30-40km security corridor beginning April/May

Mount Qandil  PKK stronghold

Mount Gara PKK stronghold

Iraq: Agrees to label PKK “banned organisation” 

50km 30 miles

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EUROPE
Istanbul
IRAQ
SYRIA
Ankara 
TURKEY
SULAYMANIYA
Oil pipeline
Ceyhan
Ovakoy 
Tikrit
IRAQ
Najaf
Kurdistan
IRAN
Baghdad
PERSIAN GULF


Development Road: Expected to produce $6bn annual revenue

Suez Canal Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping

$17 billion, 745-mile road and rail project linking Gulf to Europe

Grand Al-Faw Port
To become largest in Middle East



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Sources: Bloomberg