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 Kurdistan”, while it is seen by the Turkmen activist Fatih Salah as the cultural and historical capital of Iraqi Turkmens. [8] .

Jan 23, 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 railway. Kirkūk is located near the foot of the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

21 hours ago · BAGHDAD, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Oil major BP , opens new tab is expected to spend up to $25 billion over the lifetime of a project to redevelop four Kirkuk oil and gas fields, a senior Iraqi oil ...

21 hours ago · The oil major and the Iraqi oil ministry signed in 2013 a letter of intent to study developing Kirkuk but that deal was put on hold in 2014 when the Iraqi military collapsed in the face of Islamic ...

17 hours ago · After years of false starts, geopolitical chaos, and stalled negotiations, the British oil major is reportedly gearing up to invest up to $25 billion in Iraq’s Kirkuk oil and gas fields.

Oct 17, 2017 · Iraq's oil-rich province of Kirkuk has been the subject of contending claims by different ethnic groups for almost 60 years. It contains a blend of Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen and Assyrians, and...

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 has historically been contested between the federal government in Baghdad and authorities in the autonomous Kurdistan region of the north.

Sep 13, 2023 · Kirkuk, a multi-ethnic and oil-rich province in northern Iraq, is a historically disputed area between the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and peshmerga security forces took control of Kirkuk in 2014 before being expelled in 2017 by federal troops following a referendum ...

Sep 3, 2023 · Several killed in unrest between ethnic communities in Iraqi city. A week of simmering tension has erupted into violence in Kirkuk in Iraq. This comes after reports that Kurds were to be...

Under the 2005 Iraqi constitution, Kurdistan was recognized as a federal region within the state of Iraq. Kirkuk, claimed by both Baghdad and the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil, was labelled as “disputed”, along other 27 territories.