Tension increasing in ME: Iraqi Troops Capture Kirkuk Airport From Kurds

The Iraqi military forces have reported the capture of the Kirkuk airport from the Kurdish army in the oil-rich region, which aims to gain independence like Iraqi Kurdistan. Earlier in the day, the Iraqi troops gained control over the K-1 military base, two oil fields, as well as over Kirkuk’s irrigation system.

The deployment of Iraqi troops to the region was approved by the country’s government after the Kurdish independence referendum on September 25, which was declared illegal by Baghdad. Kirkuk held the vote too, despite not being a part of Iraqi Kurdistan.

The oil-rich Iraqi province of Kirkuk participated in September’s Kurdish independence referendum, despite not being part of Iraqi Kurdistan.

In 2014, Peshmerga liberated the oil-rich province of Kirkuk from the terrorists of Daesh (banned in Russia). Since then, the region has been controlled by Kurdish authorities.

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