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Kirkuk

The "Colonel," 48, looks out at a small village outside Kirkuk littered with homemade bombs from ISIS militants. He team has to clear away IEDs set by ISIS militants, but they have little equipment to do the job.
Conflict
Kurdish bomb experts defuse IEDs on a shoestring
Kemal Kerkuki, commanding officer of Peshmerga forces outside of Kirkuk, speaks with his troops.
Global Politics
The Kurdish Peshmerga helping the US take back territory from ISIS may be kicking out Arabs
Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Makhmur.
Conflict
Kurds in northern Iraq now suspect their Arab neighbors of siding with ISIS
A member of the Kurdish security forces takes up position with his weapon as he guards a section of an oil refinery.
Conflict & Justice
After ISIS advance, Kurds win back important control over northern Iraq’s oil
Conflict & Justice
In Kurdistan: no friends but the mountains … and the US
Oil’s Origins
Almanac/Iraqi Gold
Conflict & Justice
Violence in Kirkuk
Arts, Culture & Media
Invisible Nation
The World – Episode 20071218 – The status of Kirkuk