Iraqi and Kurdish forces clash over disputed city of Kirkuk
Members of Iraqi federal forces enter oil fields in Kirkuk, Iraq October 16, 2017. - REUTERS/ Iraqi Kurdish officials said early Monday that federal forces and state-backed militias have launched a "major, multi-pronged" attack aimed at retaking the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, causing "lots of casualties" in fighting south of the city. The Kurdistan Region Security Council said in a statement that Kurdish forces known as peshmerga have destroyed at least five U.S.-supplied Humvees being used by the state-sanctioned militias following ...
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