(2002 est. pop. 729,000). Kirkuk, a city in northern Iraq, has been occupied for thousands of years, from at least the third millennium BCE. The city is bounded by the Little Zab River to the northwest, the Jabal Hamrin to the southwest, the Diyala...

Kirkuk (also spelled Karkuk or Kerkuk; Arabic: كركوك, Kirkūk; Ottoman Turkish: کرکوک, Kurdish: كه‌ركووك, Kerkûk; Syriac: ܐܪܦܗܐ, Arrapha; Persian: کرکوک is a city in northern Iraq and capital of Kirkuk Governorate. The...

KARL VICK and STEVE VOGEL, Washington Post News Service The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-13-2003 Kirkuk begins to stabilize -- Kurdish authorities, U.S. troops bring measure of calm By KARL VICK and STEVE VOGEL, Washington Post News Service Date: 04-13-2003, Sunday Section:...

JIM KRANE, The Associated Press The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-26-2004 Trouble brewing in Kirkuk -- Hard-line Kurds want Arabs out By JIM KRANE, The Associated Press Date: 09-26-2004, Sunday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday KIRKUK, Iraq - A tense confrontation...

A series of car bombs struck the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk in a two-hour span on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding 30, police said.The explosions struck various parts of the ethnically mixed city, which has seen an recent increase in violence...

Iraq's parliament on Saturday ordered an inquiry into the delay of a referendum over whether the oil-rich city of Kirkuk will join the semiautonomous Kurdish region in the north.The Iraqi constitution requires that a referendum on the future status of the city be held by...