Kirkuk
Americannoun
noun
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Iraq is going to export oil from the Kirkuk field via a pipeline to the Ceyhan port in Turkey, bringing an initial 250,000 barrels per day capacity online by avoiding the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
It has also suspended crude production from the northern Kirkuk region as a precaution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Iraq's federal supreme court issued an urgent ruling on Sunday obliging the government to delay procedures regarding the handover of a building in Kirkuk to the KDP, the state news agency reported.
From Reuters • Sep. 3, 2023
A day after the Firdos Square statue was taken down, Kurds pulled down a Saddam statue in the northern city of Kirkuk.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023
Neither in the train to Kirkuk, nor in the Rest House at Mosul, nor last night on the train had she slept properly.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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