A member of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces walks at the Khubbaz oil field, some 25 km west of the northern city of Kirkuk, as smoke billows in the background on February 2, 2015, a few days after Peshmerga forces and police retook the area from ISIL terrorist group. (AFP)
Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Kirkuk
The Kurdish Peshmerga are strengthening their foothold on the outskirts of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. As our correspondent Altaf Ahmed reports, in recent months, the Kurds have extended their control over a large territory after pushing the ISIL further away from the northern city.
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