Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 05:33 AFP — Iraqi and Kurdish forces exchanged artillery fire early Monday south of the city of Kirkuk, after central government forces began a "major operation" to take control of a Kurdish military base and oil fields.

Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 02:54 AFP — Iraqi and Kurdish forces exchanged artillery fire early Monday south of the city of Kirkuk, after central government forces began a "major operation" to take control of a Kurdish military base and oil fields.

Monday, 16 October, 2017 , 00:30 AFP — Clashes broke out early Monday as Iraqi and Kurdish forces exchanged artillery fire south of the city of Kirkuk, peshmerga officers said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 23:18 AFP — Iraqi forces are advancing in a "major operation" to enter disputed Kirkuk city and take control of a Kurdish military base and oil fields, Kurdish authorities said early Monday.

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 22:36 AFP — Iraqi forces are advancing in a "major operation" to enter disputed Kirkuk city and take control of a Kurdish miliary base and oil fields, Kurdish authorities said early on Monday.

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Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 21:10 AFP — Baghdad said Sunday that foreign Kurdish forces were present in the province of Kirkuk in what amounted to a "declaration of war", dramatically raising the stakes in its dispute with Iraq's Kurds.

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 17:59 AFP — Iraqi Kurd officials on Sunday denied PKK forces were among its peshmerga fighters in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk, although they could include sympathisers of Turkey's outlawed Kurdish group.

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 17:43 AFP — The crisis between Iraq's central government and the autonomous Kurdish region is rooted in a long-standing dispute over territory stretching from the Syrian border to the frontier with Iran.