News Training for news story writing by KirkukNow Kirkuk Now has completed its news story writing program, in which five students received intensive training on how to prepare and write news stories for 12... Harvest to be resumed in Topzawa of Kirkuk The Iraqi Minister of Defense agreed for the farmers to resume harvesting the wheat crop in the village of Topzawa, south of Kirkuk, after it was prevented... Kirkuk Crude Oil supplied to Local Refineries Kirkuk crude oil is mostly sold domestically and supplied to Iraqi refineries, after exports through the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) pipeline to... Report Garmian IDPs refuse to return, prefer to integrate with host community "Where should I go back to? Our house has been flattened with the land, and its not safe for me," said Tahsina Muhammad, a displaced woman residing in Qora... Kirkuk Political Parties at Odds over Electoral Commission for 18 Years The Arab, Kurdish and Turkmen political parties in Kirkuk have been in conflict for 18 years over the administration of the independent High Election... Khadija: First woman Mukhtar in Kirkuk “The work of the Mukhtar gives us strength. We women can do that too,” said Khadija Ahmad, 54, who became the Mukhtar of two neighborhoods for the first... Follow-ups Makhmur refugees reject takeover of camp by Iraqi army Refugees in Makhmur camp of Ninewa province reject for the Iraqi army to take over the security of the camp and its surroundings, on the grounds that "the... 35% of Shingal (Sinjar) IDPs returned home Eido Khalaf and other Internally Displaced Persons IDPs living in the camps intend to return to their homes, but they refuse to return forcibly unless... People in Kirkuk and displacement conditionally vote Any citizen in Kirkuk, if not registered per the 1957 census or cannot prove that he is a resident of the province according to food coupons before 2003,...