Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (centre R) shakes hands with Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani (centre L) in Arbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad June 9, 2013. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
ARBIL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited the Kurdistan region on Sunday for the first time in more than two years, in an attempt to resolve a long-running dispute over oil and land that has strained Iraq's unity to the limit.
With the country's Shi'ite leadership facing fallout from the Syrian conflict, which has invigorated Sunni insurgents in Iraq and prompted warnings of civil war, better relations with the Kurds could ease some pressure on Maliki.
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