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Published time: 17 Oct, 2017 01:34 On Monday, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert addressed growing concerns surrounding reports of violence between Iraqi troops and Kurdish forces around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Nauert said the US is calling on all involved parties to coordinate military activities and restore calm. The department expressed its […]
Baghdad’s military incursion into Kurdish-controlled Kirkuk shows that the carve-up of the post-Islamic State landscape in the Middle East is in full swing, and leaves the US bemoaning its repeated failure to influence the region as two of its sponsored allies face off against each other. READ MORE: Iraqi forces taking over Kirkuk ‘a declaration of […]
REUTERS/Stringer KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish officials said early Monday that federal forces and state-backed militias have launched a “major, multi-pronged” attack aimed at retaking the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, causing “lots of casualties” in fighting south of the city. The Kurdistan Region Security Council said in a statement that Kurdish forces known […]
Baghdad has deployed its military and pro-government militias to secure Kurdish Peshmerga-controlled bases and federal installations near Kirkuk, urging them to “avoid confrontations” and “protect all civilians” in the multi-ethnic, oil-rich region. Early Monday morning, Iraqi government troops supported by the People’s Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state-loyal umbrella organization composed of some 40 militias, have […]
Published time: 10 Oct, 2017 04:04 The United Nations has expressed deep concern for the safety of the civilian populations in the Hawiga region of Kirkuk Governorate after the Iraqi military secured the area from Islamic State terrorist fighters over the weekend. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is particularly worried about […]
