News 2020-07-30 Dear Friends of KirkukNow Can Erbil residents travel to Kirkuk? At a checkpoint manned by Iraqi security forces, Erbil residents are not allowed to pass to travel to Kirkuk, say two individuals. But the authorities deny... Iraqi Minister of Immigration and IDPs: We will facilitate the return of IDPs Ivan Jabro, Iraqi Minister of Immigration and the Displaced, says that they are making efforts to facilitate the voluntary return of all IDPs and... Seven PMU members working at a checkpoint arrested The arrested seven individuals who were working at a checkpoint in Tu Khurmatu district (south of Kirkuk), were unlawfully levying tolls on transport... Operation Heroes of Iraq resumes: ISIS remnants to be rooted out at Diyala-Samarra-Kirkuk triangle Starting in Diyala province, Iraqi forces have resumed Operation Heroes of Iraq, with the objective of eliminating remnants of ISIS militants and tightening... Kirkuk’s Kurdish education staff demand to be treated as Iraqi citizens Kirkuk’s teachers and other staff who give education in Kurdish have three demands for Iraq’s Council of Ministers and President. Their demands include... Mosul under lockdown again Due to the rise of COVID-19 infections in Mosul, Nineveh Province Administration has decided to impose a full curfew in the city, as most of the main roads... Arrest warrants issued for several officials in Kirkuk Warrants issued by Kirkuk Court for the arrest of a number of officials in the province on corruption charges involving Project Saqar Kirkuk (or ‘Project... ISIS flag raised: Seven killed and injured in clashes After an ISIS flag was raised at a gravel and sand processing plant, Iraqi security forces clashed with unknown gunmen at a village north-east of Khanaqin... Several officials in Kirkuk to face trial on corruption charges Iraq’s Federal Commission of Integrity has ordered the arrest of several Kirkuk officials on different charges. The arrest order includes the head of... Plans to build camp in Nineveh for ISIS suspects not scrapped Plans to build Umla camp in Zummar in Nineveh province have not been crapped, despite stalled construction for five months due to protests by the region’s... Explosion in front of Badr headquarters in Kirkuk: one civilian wounded An IED exploded in front of the headquarters of the Badr Organization in Kirkuk’s Musala neighbourhood, wounding one civilian woman and causing material... Kirkuk residents desperately await food rations Some of Kirkuk’s residents have received only two rations this year, and some of the food stuffs they’ve gotten is of very bad quality. The delays in... ‹ 1 2 ... 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 ... 115 116 ›
