Kurdish history has been one of loss and betrayal over the last century. Having a long and rich history, Kurds luck began to take a turn for the worse after the collapse of the Ottoman empire.

Despite this signalling the beginning of Kurdish independence claims, their tumultuous history was just beginning.

FRB examines how this unravelled: 

Even before the oil wealth of Kirkuk was discovered, the northern city stood out as Iraq’s most coveted. It’s history aligns with Jerusalem’s, a symbolic capital that multiple group’s lay claim to.

​After oil was struck, claims over the city multiplied as did incidents of naked violence targeting certain ethnic components. FRB’s latest feature takes viewers on a journey through Kirkuk’s troubled history.
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