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Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) flags (Shutterstock)

January 9th, 2019 - 07:50 GMT

Iraqi Police Removes Kurdish Flags in Kirkuk

Iraqi police have begun removing Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) flags in northern Kirkuk city, an official said early Wednesday.

An Iraqi refugee boy fleeing Mosul (AFP/File)

October 25th, 2017 - 01:35 GMT

Civilians Flee as Clashes Resume in Northern Iraq

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (AFP/File)

October 23rd, 2017 - 12:45 GMT

Iraqi PM Criticizes Tillerson For Telling Iran-Backed Forces to go 'Home'

The moves come amid steadily mounting tension between Baghdad and the Erbil-based KRG following last month’s referendum on regional independence (AFP/File)

October 18th, 2017 - 12:45 GMT

Iraqi Forces Take Control of Syrian Border Crossing

Earlier Monday, the Iraqi army launched an operation to capture military bases and oil fields in Kirkuk (AFP/File)

October 16th, 2017 - 11:15 GMT

Iraq Captures Military Base in Kirkuk

Iran has three main crossings with the Kurdish region; Haji Omaran (in Erbil Province), Parwezkhan, and Bashmaq (AFP/File)

October 15th, 2017 - 11:09 GMT

Iran Closes Main Crossing with Iraq's Kurdish Region

Iraqi army reinforcements drive down a road, linking Hawija to Kirkuk, near the village of Khabbaz on October 7, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Marwan IBRAHIM)

October 13th, 2017 - 10:12 GMT

Baghdad Prepares for Kirkuk Attack, Barzani Aide Claims

Iraqi Kurdish protesters wave flags of their autonomous Kurdistan region during a demonstration (AFP File Photo)

September 18th, 2017 - 07:09 GMT

Iraq's National Security Council Rejects 'Unconstitutional' Kurdish Referendum

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion that targeted a shop selling alcohol in the mainly Kurdish Iraqi city of Kirkuk on September 16, 2017. (Marwan Ibrahim/AFP)

September 17th, 2017 - 08:11 GMT

Car Bomb Kills Three in Iraq's Kirkuk Ahead of Kurdish Referendum

Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Irbil. (Safin Hamed/AFP)

September 16th, 2017 - 07:58 GMT

US Urges Iraq’s Kurds to Call Off Independence Referendum

The Iraqi Kurdistan Region will hold its contentious independence referendum on September 25 despite misgivings by the United States (AFP)

August 12th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Defying US, Baghdad, Iraqi Kurds to Hold September Referendum as Planned

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met the leader of Iraq’s Kurdish region to discuss economic ties and Mosul. (AFP/File)

February 27th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

Erdogan meets with Iraqi-Kurdish leader to discuss Mosul

70,000 barrels of crude oil have been sent down the pipeline to the Mediterranean Turkish port of Ceyhan. (File photo)

August 22nd, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Oil flow from northern Iraq-Turkey pipeline resumes