(FILES) A file picture dated April 2, 2023 shows a view of the North Oil Company installations in the multi-ethnic northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk. After years of exporting its oil via Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan was finally forced to accept Baghdad's tutelage. But while a preliminary deal announced in early April, crude exports from Arbil, the capital of Kurdistan, have been interrupted since the end of March. (Photo by Marwan IBRAHIM / AFP)