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Iraqi forces use a tractor to damage a poster of Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017.
Iraqi forces use a tractor to damage a poster of Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017.
Iraqi forces seize Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters
State television said that Iraqi prime minister Haider Al Abadi gave orders to armed forces to “take over” security in Kirkuk