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
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
In 2017, Iraqi forces retook disputed territories including the oil city of Kirkuk.
From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2023
“No, I did not. I first met Miss Debenham when she and I shared the railway convoy car from Kirkuk to Nissibin.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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