Kirkuk
[kir-kook]
- a city in N Iraq.
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Contemporary Examples
“We were part of the unit protecting gas and oil depots outside of Kirkuk,” Rashid says.
At the time, the Kurdish Peshmerga did take up positions in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, where they remain to this day.
Locals also know that ISIS needs more fighters in places like Tikrit, Anbar, Diyala and toward Kirkuk.
The oil of Kirkuk could make an independent Kurdistan economically viable.
When KRG forces seized the oil-rich city of Kirkuk last week, there were hardly any protests from Ankara.
Historical Examples
It was rumored that we would continue to push on and would attack Kirkuk.
War in the Garden of EdenKermit Roosevelt
At length we got round to the road, and started to advance down it to Kirkuk.
War in the Garden of EdenKermit Roosevelt
Once we had reached the far side we set out to pick our way round Kirkuk to get astride the road leading thence to Altun Kupri.
War in the Garden of EdenKermit Roosevelt
Kirkuk is of very ancient origin—but of its early history little is known.
War in the Garden of EdenKermit Roosevelt
It provides an easy passage practicable in the depth of winter, from Armenia to Kirkuk and Baghdad.
The Cradle of MankindW.A. Wigram
Kirkuk
- a city in NE Iraq: centre of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean. Pop: 548 000 (2005 est)
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