ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Iraqi army raided five Kurdish homes in Kirkuk early Sunday and forcibly expelled the families, claiming the properties are built on land belonging to the military.
The houses are located in the Newroz neighborhood in southern Kirkuk, an area home to Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens. The Iraqi army maintains that several homes there were constructed on military-owned land. However, a Rudaw reporter in…