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ISIS kills police officer in Kirkuk province

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Peter Mulvany

The Islamic State group, ISIS, staged an attack early Monday in Kirkuk province and killed one police officer, Anadolu reports citing an official of internal security in the province. Afrasyav Kamil in statement reportedly indicated the terror group targeted a Read more

Headlines, World NewsAfrasyav Kamil, Anbar, Diyala, Iraq, ISIS, Kirkuk, Mansuriyah al-Jabal, Mosul, Salahuddin

Iraq: ISIS Kills 27 Iraqi Shia Fighters

February 21, 2018 Jaber Ali

ISIS claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that took the lives of 27 pro-government militia fighters near the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk. ISIS members, disguised as soldiers, set an ambush to the Popular Mobilization Units, two months after Read more

Headlines, World NewsIraq, ISIS, Kirkuk, Shia fighters

BP Taps into Kirkuk’s Oil Fields

January 21, 2018 Jaber Ali

British Petroleum (BP) signed a memorandum of understanding to increase the flow of oil from the oil fields of Kirkuk, in the country’s north. BP has been asked by the Iraqi oil ministry to boost production capacity from the field Read more

Energy, Headlines, World NewsBP, Iraq, Kirkuk, Oil

Iraq to Start Trucking Kirkuk Oil to Iran End of January

January 8, 2018 Jaber Ali

Iraq will start exporting oil from the northern fields of Kirkuk to Iran by the end of January, Iraqi oil minister announced. Jabbar Alluaibi said about 30,000 barrels per day will be trucked to Iran’s Kermanshah refinery in the first Read more

Energy, Gulf News, Headlines, World NewsIran, Iraq, Kirkuk, Oil

Turkey: Next military operation would be Kurds in Iraq, Erdogan

April 5, 2017 Peter Mulvany

President Erdogan of turkey has voiced concern over the developments in neighboring Iraq before warning that the future military operations will have “not (only) a Syrian dimension, (but) also an Iraqi dimension” due to the “situations” in Tal Afar and Read more

Headlines, World NewsErdogan, Haider al-Abadi, Iran, Iraq, Kirkuk, pkk, Shingal, Tal Afar, Turkey

Iraq: ISIS Attacks Kirkuk, Loses Ground in Mosul

October 21, 2016 Jaber Ali

Fighters of the Islamic State attacked the oil rich city of Kirkuk on Friday killing workers at an Iranian-run power plant before blowing themselves up. This came days after Iraqi forces and their allies began an offensive operation on Mosul. Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAl-Nabaa, Electricity and oil, Global Coalition warplanes, Hawija, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Kirkuk

Iraq: Additional 560 US Forces “Are a Target for Us” – Moqtada al-Sadr

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 Peter Mulvany

Prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has warned that the 560 additional troops that Washington is preparing to deploy to Iraq would be targeted by his supporters without going into details. “They are a target for us,” he said. Sadr’s armed Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesIraq, Kirkuk, Mahdi Army, Muqtada al-Sadr, Shia militias, US, US Forces, Washington

Turkey clashes with PKK

August 6, 2012 Jaber Ali

Turkey’s military and Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) forces have clashed after the latter attacked military outposts in the province of Hakkari which is a border town close to Iraq. . PKK’s attack is seen as a response to Turkey’s large Read more

Headlines, World News?emdinli, Ahmet Davutoglu, Bashar, Hakkari, Iraq, Kirkuk, pkk, syria, Turkey, Öcalan

Iraq: Kurdistan and oil exportation plans

May 21, 2012May 21, 2012 Jaber Ali

Control over oil in the autonomous region of Kurdistan has been a push-and pull between the central government of Iraq and the autonomous government of the region. It has resulted to the freezing of oil exports from the region because Read more

Energy, HeadlinesCeyhan, Iraq, Kirkuk, Kurdistan, Oil, pipeline, refinery, Taq Taq, Turkey

Iraq: At least 46 people killed in series of bombings & shootings

March 21, 2012March 21, 2012 Jaber Ali

At least 45 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a series of car bombings and shootings that rocked Tuesday several regions of Iraq. These coordinated attacks, which occurred in Baghdad, Hillah, Karbala and Kirkuk and other cities, Read more

Headlines, World NewsAl-Qaeda, Baghdad, bombing, Hillah, Iraq, Karbala, Kirkuk, Security, shooting

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