Kirkuk flash attack (original) (raw)

On 21 October 2016; IS fighters in early hours of Friday launched a Blitzkrieg styled counterattack on Kirkuk which is an oil rich city that lies in the central-eastern part of Iraq. The attack came as a retaliation as Iraqi forces and coalition forces jointly launched a massive attack from air and land on the stronghold of Islamic State in Mosul with army of over 100,000. Police and armed forces returned only after the situation was calm about a day later and started sweeping and clearing out operations.