BAGHDAD: Crude oil flowed on Saturday through a pipeline from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq to Turkiye for the first time in 2-1/2 years, after an interim deal broke a deadlock, Iraq’s oil ministry said. The resumption started at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT), according to a statement from the ministry. “Operations started at a rapid pace and with complete smoothness without recording any significant technical problems,” the ministry said.

BAGHDAD: Iraq will restart the export of oil from its Kurdish region to Turkiye after an interruption of more than two years, following what Prime Minister Shia Al-Sudani called a…

Control over lucrative exports was a major point of contention between Baghdad and Kurdistan region.