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IS militants demand taxes from villagers in disputed Makhmur in exchange for their safety — 2019-05-16
IS militants demand taxes from villagers in disputed Makhmur in exchange for their safety

Four Iraqi federal police officers killed southwest of Kirkuk

Four Iraqi federal police officers killed southwest of Kirkuk

Four Iraqi federal police were killed by unknown gunmen believed to be Islamic State (IS) militants in Hawija district southwest of Kirkuk province. The...

KirkukNow correspondent in Kirkuk stands before a court in Dubiz

KirkukNow correspondent in Kirkuk stands before a court in Dubiz

KirkukNow freelancer Karwan Salehi along with NRT reporter Aso Ahmed and cameraman Hawta Bahroz on Wednesday, May 15, stood before an investigative court in...

Iraqi journalists Syndicate denounces arrest of KirkukNow correspondent

Iraqi journalists Syndicate denounces arrest of KirkukNow correspondent

KirkukNow The Iraqi National Syndicate of Journalists has condemned the arrest of KirkukNow correspondent Karwan Salehi and NRT team in Kirkuk while...

KirkukNow correspondent in Kirkuk arrested by Iraqi army

KirkukNow correspondent in Kirkuk arrested by Iraqi army

KirkukNow correspondent Karwan Salhi has been arrested by an Iraqi army force in a village in Kirkuk’s Dubz district. Karwan Salhi was arrested at 2.45...

More Schools in Kurdistan Region join Wadi’s No to Violence campaign

More Schools in Kurdistan Region join Wadi’s No to Violence campaign

In 2017, the German Wadi organization launched a No to Violence campaign in the Kurdistan Region’s Garmyan area with the aim of ending violence in schools...

Kirkuk: A volunteer project makes education accessible for needy students

Kirkuk: A volunteer project makes education accessible for needy students

Saman Naqi, a resident of the multi ethnic city of Kirkuk has turned his house into a place where volunteer teachers run educational training courses for...

PUK officials choose silence on issue of Kirkuk governor

PUK officials choose silence on issue of Kirkuk governor

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) officials in Kirkuk say they have chosen to remain silent on the issue of appointing a new governor for the multi-ethnic...

Iraqi oil ministry plans to increase Kirkuk oil output to 1 million bpd

Iraqi oil ministry plans to increase Kirkuk oil output to 1 million bpd

The Iraqi ministry of oil plans to increase production from Kirkuk oilfields to one million barrels per day. The current oil output is 400,000 barrels a...

One woman among 72 candidates for posts of Ninewa governor and deputies

One woman among 72 candidates for posts of Ninewa governor and deputies

The Ninewa provincial council has closed the period of the filing of candidacy certificates for the posts of governor and two deputies, with 72 candidates...

Kirkuk provincial council fails to convene for third time

Kirkuk provincial council fails to convene for third time

The Kirkuk provincial council meeting which was planned for Tuesday, May 7th, was cancelled for the third successive time due to lack of quorum. The...

Gunmen attack Iraqi federal police northwest of Kirkuk

Gunmen attack Iraqi federal police northwest of Kirkuk

Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi federal on the road between Kirkuk and Erbil near Kloor village in Pirde (Altun Kopri) northwest of Kirkuk. Three...

Kirkuk moves towards cheaper environmentally-friendly transportation

Kirkuk moves towards cheaper environmentally-friendly transportation

The Kirkuk Directorate of Traffic has embarked on implementing the decision of the governemnt to convert vehicles to work with Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)...