Iraqi force enters Basra to disarm tribal fighters - official, sources

Iraq sent an armoured army division and a police strike force into the southern oil city of Basra to disarm residents amid intensified feuding between rival Shi'ite Muslim tribes, a local official and three security sources said on Friday. The majority of crude exports from major OPEC oil producer Iraq come from oil fields around Basra, far from the northern and western parts of the country controlled by Islamic State. "This security operation targets areas north of Basra that have an abundance