Before October 16, Kurds ruled the city, but now are treated as a minority. A STATUE of a Peshmerga fighter in Kirkuk. Kurds voted, now the question shifts to what their neighbors will do.

The statue presents Saddam in Bedouin ... and places where snipers might hide. The peshmerga we were following were lost as well, because Kirkuk is a big town, with a million people in it, and ...

Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) moved into Kirkuk in the early hours of Monday and continue to fight Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers in the contested oil city, in addition to occupying Kirkuk airport.

footage also showed the PMF protesters insulting and disrespecting the Kurdistan Region flag and the Peshmerga statue, further enraging the Kurds. The commander said that Kirkuk families were ...

Clashes between Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters broke out Friday as Iraqi units moved north of Kirkuk to the town of Altun Kupri. Fighting began when Iraqi troops and Shia militias ...

Iraqi Kurds say they are determined to fight for the oil-rich province of Kirkuk at any cost and until the “very last Peshmerga fighter”. On Monday, Iraqi government forces launched a “major ...

Iraq's military on Wednesday denied that Kurdish Peshmerga forces had returned to the pivotal city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, local media reported. As covered by the National Iraqi News Agency ...

The Kurdistan regional government has sent its Peshmerga troops into the adjacent province of Kirkuk to drive out insurgents, and to secure the area's rich oil fields. By doing this, the regional ...

The return of Peshmerga forces to Kirkuk could lead to a new crisis in the region and pave the way for more secessionist movements that would undermine Iraq’s unity, according to the leader of ...

As Iraqi soldiers deserted, the peshmerga fighters rushed to take their place in the oil-rich region around Kirkuk, occupying ground they consider the heart of their ethnic homeland and over which ...

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Clashes between Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters broke out Friday as Iraqi units moved north of Kirkuk to the town of Altun Kupri. Fighting began when Iraqi troops and Shia militias ...