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Iraq Army Kills 16 Daesh Terrorists in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Iraqi army on Friday killed 16 terrorists in a major counter-terrorism operation in northern Iraq, the military’s local commander said.
News ID: 82603    Publish Date : 2020/11/22

Iraqi forces capture 2 ISIL leaders in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Spokesperson for Iraqi army's Joint Operations Command announced that 2 ISIL leaders have been arrested in Kirkuk province.
News ID: 82551    Publish Date : 2020/11/16

Iraqi Army launches extensive anti-ISIL operations in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced that ISIL positions in Kirkuk province were targeted during ground and air operations by the Iraqi Army.
News ID: 81690    Publish Date : 2020/08/01

Hashd al-Sha’abi destroys ISIL's tunnels in Iraq's Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi forces destroyed several tunnels belonging to ISIL elements in western Kirkuk.
News ID: 81519    Publish Date : 2020/07/12

Iraqi Warplanes Kill 23 Daesh Terrorists in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iraqi military aircraft bombarded a Daesh terror group hideout south of Kirkuk, managing to kill 23 of them, security sources said.
News ID: 80803    Publish Date : 2020/04/14

Iraqi Forces Killed, Injured in US-Led Airstrikes in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress)- The US-led coalition fighter jets attacked the Iraqi troops in Kirkuk province in Northern Iraq, killing and injuring a number of them, sources said.
News ID: 77076    Publish Date : 2019/04/27

Iraq’s Hashd Al-Shaabi Launches Mopping-Up Operation in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Hashd al-Shaabi, one of Iraq’s official branches of armed forces, began a large-scale operation in the Kirkuk Governorate on Tuesday to root out the remaining terrorist elements in the province.
News ID: 73835    Publish Date : 2018/11/20

Iraq Strikes Deal to Export Kirkuk Oil Again

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iraq’s central government has agreed with Kurdish authorities to resume oil exports from Kirkuk, the Oil Ministry said Friday, a year after federal forces seized the fields.
News ID: 73752    Publish Date : 2018/11/17

Bombing near Ballot Box Site in Iraq’s Kirkuk Kills 1, Wounds 20

One person was killed and 20 were wounded in Iraq’s Kirkuk Sunday when a suicide car bomb went off near a storage site housing ballot boxes from a May national election, police sources said, two days before a manual recount was due to begin.
News ID: 71037    Publish Date : 2018/07/02

Iranian General:

No Need for Foreign Forces in Iraq’s Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iraqi troops have taken control of the city of Kirkuk and can handle the situation there single-handedly, a top Iranian general said.
News ID: 66530    Publish Date : 2017/10/18

Iraqi Forces Take Control of All Oil Fields in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iraqi forces completed an operation to take control of all oil fields operated by state-owned North Oil Company in the Kirkuk region on Tuesday, a senior military officer said.
News ID: 66495    Publish Date : 2017/10/17

Iraqi Forces Impose Control over Scores of Strategic Regions in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Iraqi forces have launched a major offensive over several fronts aimed at retaking the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk, capturing several points in the region, Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC) said on Monday.
News ID: 66472    Publish Date : 2017/10/16

Iranian Official:

Kurds’ Retreat from Kirkuk Foils Barzani’s Plot against Region

TEHRAN (defapress) – A member of Iran’s Expediency Council said the Kurdish Peshmerga forces’ withdrawal from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk put an end to a dangerous plot hatched against regional security.
News ID: 66470    Publish Date : 2017/10/16

Abadi:

Kirkuk Offensive Aimed at Protecting Iraq’s National Unity

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said an offensive by the Arab country’s army to take control of the northern province of Kirkuk was aimed at protecting national unity.
News ID: 66466    Publish Date : 2017/10/16

Iraqi army advances on Kurdish-held Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) - Exchanges of artillery fire reportedly took place on Monday south of the city of Kirkuk in Iraq between Iraqi Army and Kurdish forces.
News ID: 66441    Publish Date : 2017/10/16

Iraq army launches operation to retake Kirkuk from Erbil

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iraqi troops launched operations on Friday to retake Kurdish-held positions in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk as tensions soar after an independence vote last month, a general told AFP.
News ID: 66352    Publish Date : 2017/10/13

Iraqi Forces Liberate More areas in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress) – The forces of the Iraqi army backed by Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, managed to liberate several more areas near al-Hawija in the northern province of Kirkuk from the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group.
News ID: 66121    Publish Date : 2017/10/03

Iraqi Jets Intensify Airstrikes against ISIL in Kirkuk

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iraqi fighter jets carried out intensified airstrikes targeting ISIL’s headquarters in South of Kirkuk, a source said.
News ID: 66050    Publish Date : 2017/09/25

Minister Zanganeh:

Iran, Iraq Agree to Pursue Construction of Kirkuk Pipeline

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said Tehran and Baghdad have reached an initial agreement to build a pipeline that would export crude oil from the northern Iraqi fields of Kirkuk via Iran.
News ID: 65418    Publish Date : 2017/07/31