IT'S COMPLICATED

Big development: the Kurdish region in Iraq is now selling its own oil. (And look who they're selling it to!)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-18/half-price-kurdish-oil-threatens-iraq-breakup-with-turkish-help.html

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-big-deal

More: http://www.fox19.com/story/25834755/un-says-108-million-syrians-need-humanitarian-aid

http://www.washingtonpost.com/