(Kirkuk) — Kurdish forces are withdrawing from the city of Kirkuk in Iraq today, after Iraqi forces moved into the disputed city and seized oil fields and other infrastructure.
In the city, civilians could be seen celebrating in the streets, as Iraqi armored vehicles rolled into the area. Kurdish officials accused the Iraqi Army of carrying out a “major, multi-prong attack,” and reported heavy clashes on the city’s outskirts. But a spokesman for Iraq’s state-backed militias said they encountered little resistance.
By midday, federal forces had moved into several major oil fields north of the city, as well as its airport and an important military base, according to Iraqi commanders. Kurdish party headquarters had been abandoned.
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