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Iraqi military vehicles were rolling into the heart of Kirkuk. A picture shared on social media appeared to show Iraqi forces sitting in the governor's office. Forces pulled down the Kurdish flag ...

Kirkuk's provincial council has voted in ... tensions after the council last week voted in favour of raising the flag of Kurdistan on municipal buildings in the city, leading to public protests ...

The problem is that most of it is around Kirkuk and for the moment the Kurdistan Regional Government doesn't control that historically Kurdish city. The politics of Kirkuk are too complex to go ...

Iraq’s Kurdistan Region will hold elections for its devolved parliament for the first time since 2018, on Oct. 20. The polls ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Residents of a neighborhood in the disputed city of Kirkuk are worried about being excluded in the upcoming census as household mapping officials ...

In amongst the red, white and green of the Kurdish flags, the blue and white of Israel has been spotted. From yesterday's historic Kurdish independence festival in Köln.The beautiful Israeli ...

Kirkuk, which serves as the provincial capital of the oil-rich governorate of the same name, is directly administered by the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Kurdish member of Kirkuk’s provincial council is concerned that Iraq’s census is premature and could be tainted by new settlers in the province, which is given ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...