... government still kept their focus on the oil. Under the 1975 Algiers Agreement, Iraq ceded 518 km2 of oil-rich borderlands along the Shatt al-Arab in exchange for an Iranian agreement to stop supporting Kurdish rebels in Iraq. But after the fall of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi which resulted in a ... weak Iranian military, Iraq decided to reclaim the Shatt al Arab. By 1979, however, Saddam Hussein had clawed his way to the top of the ruling junta of Iraq and took advantage of the chaos ... known for it's oil fields. A more important issue than geography was religion. Both nations were Mus...

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... -Sunni conflict in the region emergence Turkey is among the countries most affected by all three scenarios. Security problems caused by the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and the uncertainty of the Arab Spring, Turkey deeply influenced developments. Therefore, the supply of energy and economic issues, as well as diplomatic and political crises crisis need to live being a regional power, Turkey, due to ... Iran, therefore, the rapid increase in oil prices and the emergence of global-scale oil crisis, the U.S. forces withdrawal from Iraq and the Arab Spring geopolitical sensitivity of the effec...

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