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Bookmark or Share- Kirkuk: Dispute between Kurds and Iraq – DW – 10/16/2017Kirkuk is an ethnically mixed oil-rich province of Kurds, Sunni and Shiite Arabs, and Turkmen. It has long been at the center of disputes between Baghdad and the autonomous...
- Iraq’s Kirkuk: Oil deals, ethnic divides, and Kurdish grievancesThe Peshmerga commander, Mustafa, who refers to Kirkuk as “occupied Kurdistan”, blames sporadic terrorist attacks in the area on Baghdad’s failure to adequately secure the city from fighters loyal to IS, which holds no territory in Iraq but is still a threat.
- Iraqi security forces deploy in Kirkuk after four protesters ...Kirkuk, an oil-rich province in northern Iraq along the fault lines between the Kurdish autonomous region and areas controlled by Iraq's Shi'ite-dominated central government, has been the...
- Kirkuk - WikipediaKirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Citadel which sits near the Khasa River. It is described by the Kurdish leader and former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani as “the Jerusalem of Kurdistan”, while it is seen by the Turkmen activist Fatih Salah as the cultural and historical capital of Iraqi Turkmens. [9]
- Kirkuk curfew lifted after deadly unrest at rival protests by ...A curfew was lifted in the multi-ethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday after protests turned violent and led to the deaths of four people. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani imposed the...
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