Kirkuk Citadel is located in the center of the city of Kirkuk, and considered one of the oldest parts of the urban city. Some historians believe that Gutians were the ones who built the Citadel, based ...

JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: I'm in the market just below the Kirkuk citadel. It's the oldest part of the city and normally a hubbub of the voices calling out in Arabic, Turkmen, Kurdish. But these days ...

(SOUNDBITE OF BIRDS CHIRPING) ARRAF: One of the biggest Kurdish flags now flies about Kirkuk Citadel, an ancient stone fortress looking out over the city. This part of the city was originally Turkmen.

Not only is Kirkuk oil-rich — oil wells flare from within sight of both Kirkuk’s historic citadel and the governor’s mansion — but it is also one of Iraq’s most diverse regions.

Kirkuk, northern Iraq – It’s lunchtime in ... A Kurdish flag hangs atop the city’s ancient citadel [Sofia Barbarani/Al Jazeera] Opposite Abdullah, Fazel Mohammad Latif, 70, is adamant ...

Offering a safe environment to learn in, the daily sessions now attract up to 60 youths who sometimes get to put their skills to the test in a historic setting — Kirkuk’s ancient Citadel.

The oldest part of its capital, Kirkuk city, is clustered around a citadel built on an ancient mound. The city was called Arrapha during the period of Assyrian prominence between ninth and 10th ...

Saddam announced a campaign to beautify Kirkuk: the walled citadel—the oldest part of the city, situated on a plateau across the dry Khasa River bed from the modern city—was going to be ...

JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: I'm in the market just below the Kirkuk citadel. It's the oldest part of the city and normally a hubbub of the voices calling out in Arabic, Turkmen, Kurdish. But these days ...