Four hunters have been arrested in the past two days, with three of them being sued and their tools confiscated, according to the Forest Guards of the Qara Hanjir sub-district. Capitan Shirwan Hussein, chief of the Forest Guards of the Qara Hanjir sub-district told Kirkuk Now, “We have arrested four hunters in the past two [...]
Three infants have been abandoned by their families within one month in Kirkuk, with all of them being females. The infants have been abandoned in front of three different mosques of the city and according to the local police, the trend is increasing. A source from the local police told Kirkuk Now “All three cases [...]
The leader of the Kirkuk Turkmen Front, Arshad Salhi stated that the Turkmen in Kirkuk are targets of the terrorists. Arshad Salhi held a press conference on Tuesday, he fiercely condemned the murder of the Turkmen employee of the Kirkuk Oil Company, who was found dead one day after he had been kidnapped, saying “The [...]
The governor of Kirkuk, Najmadin Karim stated that the project of the security trench will be continuing as a response to the previous order of the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to halt the project. Najmadin Karim called for the continuation of the project during the meeting of the Kirkuk Security Committee, saying “We don’t [...]
The State of Law bloc, headed by the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, has handed parliament proposals for abolishing the retirement pension of the former parliament and provincial council members. Hanan al-Fatlawi, a member of the bloc told the press “We have proposed abolishing the retirement pension of the retired parliament and provincial council members.” According [...]
The work in the new Kirkuk industrial zone has been started which is budgeted at 30 billion Iraqi Dinars, according to the head of the Kirkuk Chamber of Commerce. Sabahadin Salhi, the head of the chamber said “The project is being carried out by the Kirkuk United Company on an area of 1250 acres, and [...]
Kurdish female student Tavga Ali has topped the list in the final examinations of Kirkuk as she got full marks in all the subjects. Omer Qadir, deputy of the Kirkuk Educational Directorate told Kirkuk Now “The pass rate of the final examinations of the students in Kirkuk is 60%. Three students topped their respective educational [...]
Only 24 hours after their kidnapping, the body of one of the two members of the Kirkuk Oil Company has found dead near a village of the Riyaz sub-district. Two members of the Kirkuk Oil Company had been kidnapped by a group of gunmen on Sunday, June 16, near the Jawala village of the Riyaz [...]
More than 419 strategic projects budgeted at 760 billion Iraqi Dinars will be built in Kirkuk in 2013, and among the contractors are eight foreign companies, according to the Kirkuk Planning Department. Head of the department Yashar Ali Muhammad said “The planned projects in the province for this year are 419 projects, including health, education, [...]
A man has opened fire on his own brother leaving him dead and three of his sons injured. A source from the local police told Kirkuk Now “A man has attacked his own brother in his home in the Tsiin neighborhood of Kirkuk, shooting him and his sons, leaving him dead and three of his [...]
