Photo shows a scene near Kirkuk, where Dr. Chiera made the excavations and discovered the clay tablets.
Iraqi forces walk in front of an oil production plant as they head towards the city of Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October...
Peshmerga soldiers fire their guns in the air to celebrate the referendum on the road outside a voting station on September 25, 2017 in Kirkuk, Iraq....
Soldier with the Kurdish peshmerga pauses at an outpost on the edges of the contested city of Kirkuk on July 3, 2014 in Kirkuk, Iraq. On Thursday the...
Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi special forces deploy their troops and armoured vehicles outside of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Iraq on June 12,...
Soldier patrols on the streets April 10, 2003 in Kirkuk, northern Iraq . Kurdish peshmerga guerrillas and U.S. Special operations soldiers took the...
Iraqi soldiers conduct a military operation against Daesh at the rural areas of Saladdin and Kirkuk, Iraq on December 29, 2019.
Fighter from the Furqat al-Abbas Brigade of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries flashes the victory gesture as he rides atop a tank flying the...
People celebrate on the streets after voting on September 25, 2017 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Despite strong objection from neighboring countries and the Iraqi...
People celebrate from their cars after voting in the Kurdistan independence referendum on September 25, 2017 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Despite strong...
People are seen casting their referendum vote at a voting station on September 25, 2017 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Despite strong objection from neighboring...
Picture shows an oil refinery in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, 13 December 2007. A High ranking Iraqi official in the Northern...
Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi special forces deploy their troops outside of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Iraq on June 12, 2014. The hardline...
Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi special forces deploy their troops outside of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Iraq on June 12, 2014. The hardline...
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters follow the news and observe the coalition bombing campaign as they overlook the positions of the Iraqi army, March 30,...
Refugees flee from the city of Kirkuk as they head towards an Iraqi Kurd area known as Khush tapa March 14, 2003 which is located south of Erbil in...
Men watch a giant fire early 14 February 2005 after insurgent attacks on oil and gas infrastructure near the northern Iraqi town of Kirkuk. The gas...
Displaced Iraqis prepare to board a bus at a camp for displaced people in Hammam al-Alil, south of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, on August 27 as...
Army sergeant gives a briefing to US troops, Iraqi policemen, soldiers and Kurdish peshmerga fighters prior to conducting a combined security force...
Kurds wave flags of northern Iraq's Kurdish region during an election campaign rally in the enthincally-mixed Iraqi city of Kirkuk, 255 kms north of...
Gas flares burn at the Northern Kirkuk Oil in northern Iraq on January 06, 2010. Iraq has approved all pending deals with foreign energy firms over...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to soldiers at F.O.B. Warrior December 11, 2009 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Secretary Gates stopped in Iraq following a...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to soldiers at F.O.B. Warrior December 11, 2009 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Secretary Gates stopped in Iraq following a...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to soldiers at F.O.B. Warrior December 11, 2009 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Secretary Gates stopped in Iraq following a...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to soldiers at F.O.B. Warrior December 11, 2009 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Secretary Gates stopped in Iraq following a...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to soldiers at F.O.B. Warrior December 11, 2009 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Secretary Gates stopped in Iraq following a...
Member of a local council walk amid US soldiers at the town hall in the oil-rich Iraqi province of Kirkuk 24 May 2003. Only 24 of the 30 members of...
Tile mural of toppled leader Saddam Hussein is defaced with graffiti that reads, "goodbye leaches" a term coined by the former information minister...
View of the 150 year-old Sunni Muslim mosque located in the center of the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 225 kms from Baghdad on November 02,...
Manaa al-Obaydi, the head of Iraq's state-owned North Oil Company , is seen during an interview at his office in the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of...
An Iraqi worker checks the valves at the Kirkuk oil field on June 29 225 kms from the capital Baghdad. Iraq will unveil on June 30th which foreign...
Graphic content / Iraqi men stand next to the remains of a body as they inspect the scene of a twin suicide attack at shopping area in Iraq's...
Picture taken on October 18, 2017 shows displaced Iraqis, who fled from Hawija in 2014 to Kirkuk, riding in vehicles as they return to Hawija, after...
Picture taken on October 18, 2017 shows displaced Iraqis, who fled from Hawija in 2014 to Kirkuk, riding in vehicles as they return to Hawija, after...
Picture taken on October 18, 2017 shows displaced Iraqis, who fled from Hawija in 2014 to Kirkuk, riding in vehicles as they return to Hawija, after...
Iraqi soldiers gesture on top of a vehicle as they enter the city of Kirkuk on October 17, 2017. Kurdish peshmerga forces withdrew without a fight...
Iraqi army artillery are seen on a road southwest of Kirkuk on October 17, 2017. Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the...
Picture taken on October 17, 2017 shows excess flammable gasses burning from gas flares at the Havana oil field, west of the multi-ethnic northern...
Iraqi government forces enter the Bai Hassan oil field, west of the multi-ethnic northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on October 17, 2017. Iraqi forces...
Iraqi government forces remove a Kurdish flag from the Bai Hassan oil field, west of the multi-ethnic northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on October 17,...
Iraqi government forces remove a Kurdish flag from the Bai Hassan oil field, west of the multi-ethnic northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on October 17,...
Picture shows an Iraqi army vehicle at the country's Bai Hassan oil field west of Kirkuk on October 17, 2017. Iraqi forces took control of the two...
Picture shows Iraq's Bai Hassan oil field west of Kirkuk on October 17, 2017. Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed...
Picture shows Iraq's Bai Hassan oil field west of Kirkuk on October 17, 2017. Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed...
An Iraqi boy drags a Kurdish flag as Iraqi forces advance towards the centre of Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October 16,...
An Iraqi forces member takes down a Kurdish flag as they advance towards the centre of Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October...
Smoke billows as Iraqi forces advance towards the centre of Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces...
An Iraqi forces member takes down Kurdish flags as they advance towards the centre of Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October...
Iraqi forces advance towards the city of Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces clashed with Kurdish...
Iraqis wave to Iraqi forces as they arrive in the first neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces clashed...
Iraqi forces flash the sign for victory while driving past an oil production plant as they head towards the city of Kirkuk during an operation...
Iraqi children wave to Iraqi forces as they arrive in the first neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces...
Iraqi civilians gather as Iraqi forces arrive in the first neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces said...
Iraqis wave to Iraqi forces as they arrive in the first neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces said they...
Member of the Iraqi forces walks past a defaced Kurdish flag painted on concrete blocks on the outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16 as troops head...
Iraqi forces drive past an oil production plant as they head towards the city of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Iraqi forces drive past an oil production plant as they head towards the city of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
