Iraqi army controls 44 oilfields in Ninewa

BAGHDAD - 20 October 2017: Iraq Army 15th division controlled two areas and 44 oilfields in Tal Afar area in Ninewa province in northern Iraq, Alsumaria TV quoted the Iraqi war cell media as saying on Friday.

Earlier, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi directed to impose security in Kirkuk governorate and the disputed areas in which the Iraqi joint forces had controlled Kirkuk city and the governmental institutions in the city after the withdrawal of the Peshmerga forces from the governorate.