Kirkuk (Iraq), Oct 13 (AFP) Iraqi troops today launchedoperations to retake Kurdish-held positions in the disputedoil province of Kirkuk as tensions soar after an independencevote last month, a general told AFP.
"Iraqi armed force are advancing to retake their militarypositions that were taken over during the events of June2014," the general told AFP by telephone, asking not to beidentified.
In 2014, when the Islamic State group swept through areasnorth and west of Baghdad, many units of the Iraqi armycollapsed and Kurdish peshmerga forces stepped in to takeover. (AFP)ZH.
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