Shafaq News/ Security authorities in Kirkuk have rescinded the curfew imposed last evening in response to escalating tensions during protests against the closure of the main artery connecting the governorate to Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region.

A police source reported to Shafaq

Shafaq News/ On Saturday, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, took decisive action by directing the formation of an investigative committee to examine the circumstances surrounding the killing of a citizen and the injuries sustained by several others

Shafaq News/ Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid issued a statement on Saturday emphasizing the urgent need for talk to end the escalating tensions in Kirkuk as the situation in the governorate continues to deteriorate.

In his statement, President Rashid expressed "deep concern" over the