Turkey says Iraq oil pipeline will resume 'this week'
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Istanbul (AFP) Oct 2, 2023
Turkey said Monday that an Iraqi oil pipeline that ceased operations in March because of a complex payments dispute involving the Kurdish autonomous region will resume pumping crude this week. Turkey closed the pipeline after an arbitration court ordered Ankara to pay about $1.5 billion in damages to Baghdad for transporting oil from the Kurdistan region without Iraq's approval. Ankara c