Oil pipeline blown up in Turkey

Militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have blown up the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik oil pipeline's section running through Turkey's Sanliurfa province.

Turkey receives oil from Iraq via the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline.

After the explosion, the oil transportation from Iraq to Turkey via this pipeline was suspended, Anadolu Agency reported Feb. 18.

This is not the first PKK attack on the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline.

In July 2015, it was blown up by the PKK militants.

Source: trend.az