Shafaq News / Prime Minister Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa al-Kadhimi arrived today to the disputed Kirkuk governorate between Erbil and Baghdad.

This is Al-Kadhimi's first visit to the province since he took the post of the Iraqi government.

 Al-Kadhimi is visiting Kirkuk to see the progress of the ongoing military operations in the southwest of the province, an official security source told Shafaq News Agency.

“Heroes of Iraq Operations, the second phase" started this morning to inspect the areas southwest of Kirkuk in the separating borders with the Salahuddin and Kirkuk provinces, an area of ​​738.5 square kilometers.