Turkey wants an Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline to operate at maximum capacity once it resumes flows through Turkey's Ceyhan, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar was quoted as saying by the state-owned Anadolu news agency on Sunday.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed Iraq’s Prime Minister to reopen the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline. The U.S. and its allies aim to counter Chinese, Russian, and Iranian influence in Iraq by supporting Western energy investments, such as BP’s $25 billion Kirkuk oil deal.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sought to position Turkey as an energy hub, connecting gas producers to its east and south and markets to the west. Turkey’s geographical position and infrastructure give it an advantage.

Flows of crude oil through a pipeline from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq to Turkey could restart soon after an almost two-year shutdown.

A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve themselves.

With momentum on its side, Turkey is making a big diplomatic push in Iraq. That puts it on a potential collision course with Iran. The post Iraq Could Be the Next Arena for Turkey and Iran's Rivalry appeared first on World Politics Review.

Kurdish militant leader Abdallah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey that is estimated to have killed at least 40,

Turkey says it has yet to hear from Iraq about restarting oil flows through an export pipeline from the semiautonomous Kurdistan region, casting doubt on expectations for an imminent resumption.

Iraq’s top energy official says pipeline could re-open today, but operators in Iraqi Kurdistan will not export oil until payment issues resolved