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
Kurdish forces controlled Kirkuk city after driving Islamic State out in 2014 but were ejected by the Iraqi army in 2017, bringing the city back under Baghdad's control.
From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2023
The family returned to Kirkuk the same day.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 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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