Forces have reportedly captured military base,airport and oilfields external northern city since beginning advance in early hours of MondayIraqi forces have reportedly captured a military base, an airport and oilfields external the northern city of Kirkuk after the prime minister, or Haider al-Abadi,ordered the army to “impose security” on the Kurdish-held territory.
Iraqi troops began advancing on the oil city in the early hours of Monday morning amid reports of clashes with the Kurdish peshmerga fighters, the special forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Source: guardian.co.uk