Kirkuk

• U.S. conducts military strikes in Iraq, Syria at sites linked to Iran-backed militia

  The U.S. carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for an attack that killed an American contractor, a Defense Department spokesman said Sunday.

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  Dec 29, 2019
  
• Mass graves in former ISIS territory in Iraq could hold up to 400 bodies

  Iraqi security forces have found mass graves in an area recently retaken from the Islamic State group that could contain up to 400 bodies, an Iraqi official said Sunday.

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  Nov 12, 2017
  
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• Iraqi troops clash with Kurds in effort to gain control of oil-rich Kirkuk

  Iraq's national army advanced overnight and took areas in and around the oil city of Kirkuk that is usually dominated by the country's Kurdish people.

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  Oct 16, 2017
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• Dramatic video shows moment Iraqi police disarm 11-year-old suicide bomber

  Iraqi police detained an 11-year-old boy near a Shi'ite mosque in Kirkuk city on Sunday after removing a suicide vest from him.

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  Aug 22, 2016
• Canada won’t add extra special forces soldiers to Iraq mission: Kenney

  The Harper government isn't planning to increase the size of its special forces contingent in northern Iraq if Canada's combat mission in the country is extended.

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  Mar 11, 2015
• Bombings kill 42 in Iraq after Sunni mosque attack

  Kurdish military officials and residents say that three explosions have torn through a residential neighbourhood in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing over 10 people.

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  Aug 23, 2014
• Iraq crisis: What does the future hold for Kurdistan?

  With Iraq on the brink of bloody sectarian conflict and fears the country could fall apart, the Kurdistan region in the north may have a chance to achieve the independence it has long wanted.

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  Jun 23, 2014