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On Friday. Kurdish and Iraqi pro-government forces which had fought battles as Baghdad took over Kirkuk and other disputed areas announced a ceasefire.

The situation is complicated and likely to continue until the dust from the Kurdistan independence referendum settles.

Iraqi oil ministry officials have said they were hoping to bring output back to normal by Sunday but it has not happened yet.

Large police troops were dispatched to Kirkuk oil fields as part of a plan to secure oil facilities there.

Since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. oil-rich Kirkuk has remained the subject of dispute between Baghdad and the Erbil-based KRG.

Al-Luaibi said all the oil fields in the province are back under government control.

The federal government has sent troops into areas around Kirkuk and soldiers haven’t entered the city boundaries.

The government'.s latest move allows Baghdad to export crude without depending on Kurdish region.

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has called on Ankara and Tehran to close checkpoints at the border with Iraqi Kurdistan.

The region was retaken from Islamic State militants in August 2016. two months before the launch of an offensive on the city of Mosul itself.