BREAKING NEWS

Iraqi forces remove Kurdish flag from Kirkuk governorate building

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 16, 2017 16:59

BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces removed on Monday the Kurdish flag that was hoisted on the governorate building in April next to an Iraqi flag, said residents, adding that only the Iraqi flag was flying.

A US-trained Iraqi elite unit took control of the governorate building earlier in the day, meeting no opposition from Kurdish forces deployed in the city.

They were welcomed by cheering crowds of Turkmen residents of the city who drove around in convoy firing, sometimes burst of gunfire into the air to celebrate the Iraqi military operation launched in the early hours of Monday to take control of Kurdish-held positions in the oil-rich region.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son accuses courts of bias

By YOAV ITIEL

12/27/2024 04:20 PM

Russia fines TikTok 3 million roubles over legal violations, court says

By REUTERS

12/27/2024 03:22 PM

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes Russia's Kuril Islands, GFZ says

By REUTERS

12/27/2024 03:20 PM

Israeli politicians react to murder of elderly Holocaust survivor

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

12/27/2024 01:04 PM