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100	1		_aBINNIE Jeremy
245			_aPeshmerga looks weak after loss of Kirkuk/ _cJeremy Binnie
260			_c2017
520			_aPeshmerga (military forces of the federal region of Iraqi Kurdistan) personnel fled Kirkuk even though its commanders said the city would be defended. The multi-ethnic northern city of Kirkuk has been held by Peshmerga since June 2014, when government forces collapsed in northern Iraq in the face of an offensive by Islamic State militants. The retreat has been blamed on a secret deal under which some Peshmerga units surrendered their positions.
650			_aIRAQ _xMIDDLE EAST
650			_aISLAMIC STATE
773			_aIHS Jane's Defence Weekly: _gVol.54, Issue 43, 25 October 2017, p.18 (122)
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