Forces start moving at midnight on Sunday towards oil fields and an air base amid rising tensions after Kurds vote for independenceIraqi forces have reportedly advanced on Kirkuk’s oil fields and air base after the prime minister of Iraq, Haidar al-Abadi, ordered his army to “impose security” on the Kurdish city in the wake of a recent vote for independence. Kurdish and Iraqi officials said forces began moving at midnight on Sunday, with state TV reporting “vast areas” of the region had been seized, a claim disputed by the Kurds. Continue reading…
Via: Iraqi army begins advance on Kurdish-held Kirkuk – state TV
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