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Reporting from Kirkuk, Iraq — Across a bleak desert landscape dotted with blazing oil fires on the northern edge of this ancient city, new houses are rising from the sands -- thousands of them ...

A city in Iraq's oil-rich northeast could become a model for the future, or a free-for-all for competing interests and the settling of old scores.

Iraqi forces advance towards the city of Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces clashed with Kurdish fighters near the disputed city of Kirkuk ...

After Iraq's national security forces abandoned Kirkuk, Kurdish fighters dug in to defend their home. For more on the matter, Melissa Block turns to Najmaldin Karim, the governor of Kirkuk province.

Kirkuk is also home to some of Iraq's oldest oilfields, resources that Britain used to sustain its war effort in World War Two. The province now produces just over 450,000 barrels per day of crude.

Iraqi security forces appear to have opened fire on demonstrators without prior warning in Kirkuk on September 2, 2023, killing at least 4 people and injuring 16.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARRIOR, KIRKUK, Iraq - Kirkuk city, Iraq has been considered by residents here to be one of the most beautiful and cleanest cities in Iraq. But, due to budget constraints ...

U.S. and British forces moved quickly to secure Iraq's southern oil fields, home to much of the country's petroleum wealth. But the heartland of Iraq's oil industry lies much farther north, near ...