About 100,000 Kurds have fled Kirkuk since Monday

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Reuters

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Thu, 19 Oct 2017 - 09:16 GMT

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Reuters

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 - 09:16 GMT

Iraqi people celebrate after Kirkuk was seized by Iraqi forces as they gather on the street of Baghdad -- REUTERS

Iraqi people celebrate after Kirkuk was seized by Iraqi forces as they gather on the street of Baghdad -- REUTERS

BAGHDAD– 19 October 2017: About 100,000 Kurds have fled Kirkuk, fearing unrest, since Monday's takeover of the region by Iraqi forces, officials from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Thursday.

About 18,000 families have taken shelter in the cities of Erbil and Sulaimaniya, the governor of Erbil Nawzad Hadi told reporters. One of his aides told Reuters the total number of people was about 100,000.

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