FILE PHOTO: Iraqi security forces members advance in military vehicles in Kirkuk, Iraq October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kurdish officials said on Thursday thousands of their people had fled Kirkuk region fearing persecution since Iraqi armed forces retook it following a referendum on Kurdish independence that was rejected by Baghdad.
The officials said roughly 100,000 people had gone, though that number could not be confirmed independently, and many Kurdish neighbourhhoods in Kirkuk city appeared to be operating normally.
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