Iraq/Kurdistan: Tensions Rekindle in Iraq’s Oil-Rich Kirkuk

Jan 27, 2019 | Azhar Al-Rubaie and Yousif Raheem, Arab Weekly
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Tensions have resurfaced in the oil-rich, multi-ethnic Iraqi province of Kirkuk after a Kurdish party raised the flag of the country’s autonomous Kurdistan region over the building that houses its headquarters, drawing protest from the central Iraqi government in Baghdad.