A map folio, cia, 1992 319k kurdish lands location map from iraq. Iraqi kurds fully control kirkuk as army flees bbc news. In assault on kirkuk, iraqi kurds see regions reply to. Many of iraqi army units positioned around kirkuk have previously been deployed in the retaking of major cities and towns from the jihadists of the islamic state group. This map superimposes british and frenchclaimed territory from the sykes. There are isis sleeper cells in kirkuk and mosul and in the surrounding. This map is provided for purely illustrative purposes. To understand more about kirkuk, this article will talk about the history and the status of this historical city. Kurdish areas map legend institute for the study of war. Find any address on the map of kirkuk or calculate your itinerary to and from kirkuk, find all the tourist attractions and michelin guide restaurants in kirkuk. It is worth pointing out that the region of kurdistan, in its current borders, possesses 5 oil fields, including the khurmala dome, which is the.
On march 20, 2017, the governor of kirkuk province, najmaddin karim, raised the kurdish flag at the kirkuk citadel in the heart of the city of kirkuk. Iraqi forces took control on friday of the last district in the oilrich province of kirkuk still in the hands of kurdish peshmerga fighters following a threehour battle, security sources said. The future of kirkuk middle east research institute. Strategic geography of kirkuk and dibis districts map.
Iraq clashes in sadrin square, najaf, some tents were burned and injuries were reported. Despite reporting that the independence referendum would be nonbinding, the autonomous kurdistan regional government krg characterised it as binding, although they claimed that. Kirkuk in transition the washington institute for near. Kirkuk, iraq on the way from erbil to kirkuk, it starts smelling of oil even before one gets near the oilrich iraqi city. The city of kirkuk has a long history of human inhabitance and conflict.
The 2011 investment guide, a glossy krgsponsored brochure. Iraqi forces retake all oil fields in disputed areas as kurds retreat iraqi security forces on the northern edge of kirkuk as people returned to the city on tuesday. Kirkuk baghdad dahuk al amarah al hillah ad diwaniyah muqdadiyah samawa rutba haditha mosul dam hit qaim baghdadi. Kdp peshmerga control zone puk peshmerga control zone iraqi kurdish map legend kdp peshmergaheld location iraqi kurdistan regions under peshmerga control mixed puk peshmergamilitia controlled location. Iranianbacked militias had been making threats against kurdish peshmerga in kirkuk in the wake of the. With these 4 districts, in the kirkuk governorate the kurds would form a clear majority. Smoke can be seen rising from the white chimneys of small oil refineries. Basic principles description of stratigraphy, tectonics and boundary conditions of the some rock units in iraq and kurdistan during cretaceous and tertiary chapter pdf available. Kirkuk is a flashpoint on the trigger line boundary stretching from iran to syria, which generally separates arab and kurdish forces. Iraqi forces complete takeover of kirkuk province after. Kurdish areas in the middle east and the soviet union 1986 254k kurdish areas of northern iraq from iraq.
Kurdish armed forces peshmerga took under full control city of kirkuk, iraqs major oil production center, after the federal army fled the city and abandoned all bases there, kurdish. Erbil kurdistan 24 prominent kurdish leader masoud barzani stated in a television interview on friday that former iraqi leader saddam hussein had, in conversation, once acknowledged the city of kirkuk s deeprooted kurdish identity as a legitimate foundation on which to build an independent kurdistan, however undesirable he found this conclusion to be. Iraqi kurdish forces take kirkuk as isis sets its sights on baghdad this article is more than 5 years old. Iraqi kurdistan or southern kurdistan is the kurdishpopulated region incorporated into iraq. Kirkuk province has 6 fields, consisting of 4 that are productive, and 2 that are. When concerns about kirkuk s security resurfaced in january 2010, mnfi introduced the concept of combined security forces in kirkuk and other governorates on the arab kurdish divide. The battle of kirkuk 2017, also referred to as the kirkuk crisis, was a military deployment by the iraqi security forces to reclaim kirkuk governorate from peshmerga forces, which sparked clashes between the two forces. It details the premium hotels, restaurants, health clubs, luxury. Kirkuk is claimed by both the iraqi government as well as the kurdistan regional government krg of the autonomous kurdish region. Regional implications of an independent kurdistan rand. The oldest part of the town is clustered around a citadel built on an. Map depicting various territorial claims of kurdistan. Kirkuk dispute remains one of the most challenging iraqi cases still.
The city is 145 miles 233 km north of baghdad, the national capital, with which it is linked by road and railway. Iraqi forces retake all oil fields in disputed areas as. Iraqi kurdish forces take kirkuk as isis sets its sights. Country profile map, cia, january 2003 165k and pdf format 164k kurdish lands from iraq. Simply fill in the email address and name of the people you wish. In turn, these are strongly influenced by its history, both recent and more distant. The flagraising was held in honor of the kurdish national holiday of newroz, and was intended to be a symbol of kirkuk s central place in the crystallizing entity of iraqi kurdistan. Its population is ethnically mixed, and it is under the control of the iraqi government. Report on the administrative changes in kirkuk and the. Turkey, then west, in the kirkukyumurtalik pipeline built in 1986. Map of kirkuk map of kirkuk iraq satellite images of. Iraqi kurdish forces say they have taken full control of the northern oil city of kirkuk as the army flees before an islamist offensive nearby. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1.
Iraq news map in english news from baghdad, anbar, kirkuk, nineveh, kurdistan regions iraq map. Kirkuk is located near the foot of the zagros mountains in the kurdistan region of iraq. Kirkuk baghdad dahuk alamarah alhillah aldiwaniyah muqdadiyah alsamawah rutba haditha mosul dam. Kirkuk s oil fields export through a kurdish controlled pipeline to turkey. The kurds label kirkuk the kurdish jerusalem and insist that kirkuk annexation to the kurdistan regional government could help an independent state of kurdistan to stand on its feet economically. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license. Kirkuk has rich kurdish culture, history and values. The kirkuk governorate as well received the arab populated zab district from the mosul governorate. Female genital mutilation in iraq stop fgm in kurdistan. Kirkuk war map iraq civil war map kurdistan war map. If you would like to recommend this kirkuk map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
All links given in this fact sheet, however, including that to the regional ministry of. The river drains the combined waters of the euphrates and tigris rivers of iraq, and the karun river of iran. Geographical distribution of iraqi oil fields and its relation with the new constitution kamil almehaidi. Kirkuk has been a disputed territory for around eighty years kurds wanted kirkuk to become part of the kurdistan region, which. A map folio, cia, 1992 235k babylon from iraq and the persian gulf.
This place is situated in attamim, iraq, its geographical coordinates are 35 28 5 north, 44 23 32 east and its original name with diacritics is kirkuk. This map is an estimation of areas that have been historically populated by a kurdish majority according to a number of historical maps and data. While kirkuk s demography has been in flux in recent decades, this is largely a result of ethnic cleansing campaigns implemented by saddam husseins baathist regime. Page 9 the internally displaced people of iraq pdf. Kurds were the predominant ethnic group in present day kirkuk until the late 20th century, but a. The battle of kirkuk began on october 15, 2017, when the iraqi army and popular mobilization forces began an offensive to retake kirkuk governorate from the kurdish regional. How is kirkuk significant for iraqi government, kurdish region. Much of the sediment clouding the water in this image of the persian gulf is from the shatt al arab river, which enters the gulf in the north along the iraniraq border. Kirkuk crisis and the iraqi governments absolute right to. However, the iraqi kurds political autonomy, and territorial and economic. Kurdish peshmerga belonging to the kurdistan regional.
Kurdistan s target audience is prominent business community visiting kurdistan. Kurdistan regional government has shown its resolve to end female genital mutilation and to protect the rights of women and girls. Illustration about illustration, middle east map and flags. Iraqi forces sweep into kirkuk, checking kurdish independence drive video three weeks after the kurds voted for independence, iraqi forces overtook the kurdish held city of kirkuk and its valuable. Iraqkurd clash cuts crude oil output at disputed kirkuk. Kirkuk is located in a disputed area of iraq that runs from sinjar on the syrian border southeast to khanaqin and mandali on the iranian border. Pdf the political geography of kurdistan researchgate. The iraqi kurdistan losing kirkuk oil, and also sanctions from baghdad and neighboring iran and turkey led to escalating the previously existing financial crises of the autonomous region.
In moving to reassert control of the city of kirkuk from the kurds, who hitherto had controlled the city under the aegis of the kurdistan regional government krg, the iraqi government has acted in full accordance with its legal and moral rights. An independence referendum for kurdistan region of iraq was held on 25 september 2017, with preliminary results showing approximately 93. How is kirkuk significant for iraqi government, kurdish. The battle of kirkuk began on october 15, 2017, when the iraqi army and popular mobilization forces began an offensive to retake kirkuk governorate from the kurdish. The halt could affect 275,000 barrels a day in output, according to estimates compiled by bloomberg. Kirkuk war map, iraq civil war map, kurdistan war map. Yet kirkuk s connection to national politics could lead to positive changes as well. While many kurds have returned to kirkuk after decades of displacement, local authorities are. Internal political split in the kurdistan region of iraq. How isil changed the oil map of iraq kurds al jazeera. The campaign also included arabization of kirkuk, a program to drive kurds and.
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