Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Citadel which sits near the Khasa River. It is described by the Kurdish leader and former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani as “the Jerusalem of …

Feb 25, 2025 · Kirkūk, city, capital of Kirkūk muḥāfaẓah (governorate), northeastern Iraq. The city is 145 miles (233 km) north of Baghdad, the national capital, with which it is linked by road and …

Kirkuk Governorate (Arabic: محافظة كركوك, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Karkūk; [3] Kurdish: پارێزگای کەرکووک, romanized: Parêzgeha Kerkûkê/Parêzgayi Kerkûk; [4] [5] Turkish: Kerkük Valiliği) or Kirkuk …

Feb 25, 2025 · The agreement is for an initial phase and includes oil and gas production of more than three billion barrels of oil equivalent. It includes the Baba and Avanah domes of the …

Oct 16, 2017 · Kirkuk is an ethnically mixed oil-rich province of Kurds, Sunni and Shiite Arabs, and Turkmen. It has long been at the center of disputes between Baghdad and the autonomous...

Kirkuk (Kurdish: کەرکووک, Arabic: كركوك, Turkish: Kerkük) is a city in Northwestern Iraq. However, its population is ethnically mixed, and it is under the control of the Iraqi government. Kirkuk has its …

The Arabization of Kirkuk (Kurdish: عەرەباندنی کەرکووک also بەعەرەبکردنی کەرکووک or تەعریبی کەرکووک, Turkish: Kerkük'ün Araplaşması) began in Ba'athist Iraq in the 1960s. In line with the wider Ba'athist …

Sep 17, 2024 · The competition centered in Kirkuk will likely intensify further in the run-up to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s (KRI) parliamentary elections on October 20, with increasing …

Sep 10, 2023 · The recent crisis in Kirkuk, an oil-rich city located in northern Iraq, has once again highlighted the intricate historical ethnic and political factors behind the ongoing conflict. Kirkuk …

Kirkuk is a city in northern Iraq and capital of Kirkuk Governorate. The Kirkuk region lies among the Gudrun peak to the north-east, the Zab River and the Tigris River to the west, the Hamrin …