2016 Kirkuk raid

2016 CE.

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The Battle of Kirkuk took place in the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq between Kurdistan and allies and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The battle occurred less than a week after the beginning of the Battle of Mosul launched by Iraqi security forces and allies.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Kirkuk (2016), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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