Taza Khurmatu

Taza
Arabic: تازة‎
Village
Taza
Coordinates: 35°18′10″N 44°19′43″E / 35.30278°N 44.32861°E / 35.30278; 44.32861
Country  Iraq
Governorate Kirkuk
District Daquq

Taza Khurmatu or Taza is a settlement in Iraq located just south of Kirkuk.[1] It is populated predominately by Shia Turkmen.[2][1] In 2009 it was the site of the 20 June 2009 Taza bombing, where more than 70 people were killed by a suicide bomber.[3] In June 2014, along with the nearby villages of Brawawchli, Karanaz, Chardaghli, and Bashir, it experienced a massacre of at least 40 villagers committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.[4] It is currently controlled by the Peshmerga.[5] In March 2016, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fired mortars containing an unidentified chemical agent killing one and inuring 600. [6][7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "US Holds Islamic State Agent Tied to Chemical Weapons". Voice of America. 9 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Iraqi Turkmen take up arms in Kirkuk - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor.
  3. ↑ "Dogs to search for bomb victims in Iraq". msnbc.com.
  4. ↑ Abigail Hauslohner (23 June 2014). "Shiite villagers describe ‘massacre’ in northern Iraq". Washington Post.
  5. ↑ "ISIS shelled Kurdish-controlled Iraq village with 'poisonous substances' – governor". RT. 9 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Iraqi officials: IS chemical attacks kill child, wound 600". HDR - Hickory Daily Record.
  7. ↑ "Islamic State Struck Town With Chemical Weapons, Iraq Says". NASDAQ.com. 11 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Iraqi Girl, 3, Dies in ISIS Chemical Attack". News From Antiwar.com.
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