DefenceTalkIraqi and Kurdish forces exchanged artillery fire early Monday south of the city of Kirkuk, after central government forces began a “major operation” to take control of a Kurdish military base and oil fields. Shortly before, state television announced that government troops had taken “large areas” of the province from Kurdish peshmerga fighters “without fighting,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/clashes-between-iraqi-kurdish-troops-close-to-kirkuk-city-70670/