Turkiye and Iraq sign one-year oil pipeline deal amid global shift - Al Jazeera
Turkiye and Iraq sign one-year oil pipeline deal amid global shift - Al Jazeera
Source: Al Jazeera
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DW NOTE
Turkey has been shipping Kurdish crude through this pipeline for decades — until it wasn't. The one-year term tells you everything: nobody believes the arrangement is stable enough to commit beyond twelve months. Iraq still hasn't been paid for exports halted since March 2023, and Ankara still wants leverage over Baghdad's water-sharing upstream. A deal this short isn't a resolution, it's a bet on how long both sides can pretend the underlying dispute doesn't exist.