Clashes between Iraqi Kurds, Turkmen kill nine

Clashes between Iraqi Kurds, Turkmen kill nine Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) April 24, 2016 - Clashes between Kurdish peshmerga forces and Turkmen Shiite paramilitaries killed nine people in a flashpoint northern town and closed the road to Baghdad before a ceasefire was announced on Sunday. Tuz Khurmatu, part of a swathe of territory claimed by both Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and Baghdad, has been divided between Turkmen and Kurds since fighting erupted between the two sides l ... more

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