Monday, November 7, 2016

Kurds deny forcing Arabs from Iraq's Kirkuk

Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq have rejected accusations by a rights group that their forces destroyed Arab homes and forced residents from the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk.


The UK-based Amnesty International, in a statement published on Monday, said Kurdish forces carried out a "wave of attacks" that followed an unsuccessful attack on Kirkuk by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in October.

However, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) strongly rejected the rights group's accusation, describing the claims as "one-sided".

Amnesty International said Peshmerga forces forcibly displaced 190 families from the villages of Qotan and Qoshkaya after the attack. Those expelled had moved to nearby villages or IDP camps in the area, it said.
 aljazeera.com
7/11/16

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