Tens of thousands of Kurdish fighters deployed in Kirkuk to confront Iraqi 'threats'

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Kurdish fighters are deployed in the multi-ethnic oil region of Kirkuk to confront possible "threats" from Iraqi forces, Kurdish TV channel Rudaw said on Friday, citing the vice-president of the Kurdistan region, Kosrat Rasul.

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