Iraqi troops advancing on Kirkuk city: Kurds

Iraqi forces and allied paramilitaries are "now advancing from Taza in South of Kirkuk in a major op with the intention to enter the city and takeover K1 base and oil fields," the Kurdistan Regional Security Council wrote on Twitter

Iraqi forces are advancing in a "major operation" to enter disputed Kirkuk city and take control of a Kurdish miliary base and oil fields, Kurdish authorities said early on Monday.

Iraqi forces and allied paramilitaries are "now advancing from Taza in South of Kirkuk in a major op with the intention to enter the city and takeover K1 base and oil fields," the Kurdistan Regional Security Council wrote on Twitter, referring to the town of Taza Khurmatu.

An AFP photographer saw columns of Iraqi troops heading north from the town, which is located south of the city of Kirkuk.

Source:AFP