The IS group is on the verge of losing the rest of its urban territory – and Iraq soon gets back its largest gas field.
Iraqi troops attempt to cross the Peshmerga line in a bid to control a strategic choke point for northern oil exports.
Federal forces are massing for a potential operation to take Feyshkabour, which would effectively end Kurdistan's independent pipeline exports.
Federal forces scramble to reinforce dramatic gains in Iraq's disputed territories, as the KRG fortifies a key oil asset in anticipation of another potential confrontation.
Federal forces regain control of government buildings, military bases, and oil fields – including Bai Hassan and Avana – which had been appropriated by the KRG.
Iraqi security forces have been ordered to retake control of oil assets and military bases that have been under KRG protection since 2014.
Following provocative federal troop movements on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk, Peshmerga-Hashid fighting has broken out in another part of Iraq's disputed territories.
The top Hashid commander in Kirkuk discusses rising military tensions after Kurdistan's independence referendum.
The Peshmerga commander responsible for the KRG's fourth sector, including south of Kirkuk, talks about recent military escalations.
As political and military tensions mount around Kirkuk, the governor discusses the future of the province and its oil.
