Iraqi federal forces seize oil-rich Kirkuk in shock blow for Kurds
Iraqi armed forces construct a barricade around the governor's building shortly after seizing the office. - Anadolu/ Iraqi federal forces seized the contested city of Kirkuk from Kurdish forces almost unopposed on Monday in a stunning reversal of fortunes for Iraq’s Kurds. The loss of the city and its nearby oil fields is a massive blow to dreams of independence for the Kurds, who last month held an independence referendum in anticipation of entering secession talks with Baghdad. “We took Kirkuk easily,” a lieutenant in the Iraqi federal ...
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