Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 20:01 AFP — Iraqi forces seized the Kirkuk governor's office, key military sites and an oil field on Monday as they swept across the disputed province following soaring tensions with Kurds over an independence referendum.
Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 19:33 AFP — Washington is "not taking sides" following clashes between Iraqi forces and the country's Kurds, US President Donald Trump said Monday, as tensions escalate following the autonomous Kurdish region's independence referendum.
Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 18:27 AFP — Iraqi forces seized the Kirkuk governor's office, key military sites and an oil field on Monday as they swept across the disputed province following soaring tensions with Kurds over an independence referendum.
Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 15:15 AFP — Iraqi forces seized the Kirkuk governor's office, key military sites and an oil field on Monday as they swept across the disputed province following soaring tensions over an independence referendum.
Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 14:45 AFP — Iraqi forces Monday took control of the governor's office in Kirkuk, the federal police chief said, as they pursued an operation to take back parts of the disputed province from Kurdish fighters.
Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 14:23 AFP — Turkey on Monday said it was ready to help the Iraqi government oust Kurdish fighters from the disputed city of Kirkuk.
Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 14:07 AFP — Iraqi forces have launched a major military operation in Kirkuk province, three weeks into a deepening crisis between Baghdad and the country's Kurds since their September 25 independence referendum.
Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 13:28 AFP — Pumping stopped at Kirkuk's two main oil fields Monday as Iraqi forces advanced in the disputed region following tensions over a Kurdish independence vote, an oil ministry official said.
Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 13:08 AFP — Iraqi forces seized a key military base, an airport and an oil field from Kurdish fighters Monday in disputed Kirkuk province in a major operation sparked by a controversial independence referendum.
Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 12:28 AFP — The military operation launched by Iraq's central government against Kurdish peshmerga fighters is rooted in a long-standing dispute over territory stretching from the Syrian border to the frontier with Iran.
