However, Kurdish leaders ... and Turkmen populations. On Saturday, there was a brief outbreak of fighting near Kirkuk, with each side blaming the other, reports the BBC's Orla Guerin in Iraq.

Four Islamic State Members, Including Two Leaders, Killed in Eastern Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four members of the Islamic State, including two senior leaders, were killed in an airstrike carried ...

As day broke over the city - one of Iraq's richest, thanks to its huge ... militias] and I am politically active with a Kurdish political party, I had to leave," Hamid told the BBC.