Iraq launches major military operation, troops advancing to enter Kirkuk

Baghdad, Iraq: Iraqi forces are advancing in a “major operation” to enter disputed Kirkuk city and take control of a Kurdish military base and oil fields, Kurdish authorities said early Monday. Iraqi forces and allied paramilitaries are “now advancing from Taza in South of Kirkuk in a major op with the intention to enter the city and takeover K1 base and oil fields,” the Kurdistan Regional Security Council wrote on Twitter, referring to the town of Taza Khurmatu. An AFP photographer saw columns of Iraqi troops heading north from the town, which is located south of the city of Kirkuk. Baghdad, Iraq: Iraqi forces are advancing in a “major operation” to enter disputed Kirkuk city and take control of a Kurdish military base and oil fields, Kurdish authorities said early Monday. Iraqi forces and allied paramilitaries are “now advancing from Taza in South of Kirkuk in a major op with the intention to enter the city and takeover K1 base and oil fields,” the Kurdistan Regional Security Council wrote on Twitter, referring to the town of Taza Khurmatu. An AFP photographer saw columns of Iraqi troops heading north from the town, which is located south of the city of Kirkuk.