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Iraq's ISIS Crisis Puts Long Disputed Oil-Rich Kirkuk Back Into Kurdish Hands
Alongside the Kurds, Kirkuk has large Turkmen and Shiite Arab populations. All three groups have conflicting historic claims to the region.
The Battle for Iraq
Up until a week ago, the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq was one of the most hotly contested areas in the country. But now that the Iraqi army has fled and ISIS has been repelled, the Kurds are fully in control, and hope to integrate the city into the...
Top Kurdish Official: 'Iraq Is Not Our Neighbor, ISIS Is Our Neighbor'
Falah Mustafa Bakir, KRG head of the foreign relations, spoke to VICE News about the Kurds’ motivation behind Kirkuk and the ISIS crisis.
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