IN PICTURES: Reopening of Erbil - Kirkuk main road after 10 months of closure
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - The Erbil-Kirkuk highway officially reopened Sunday morning, after ten months of being shut down.
The main road connecting the Erbil and Kirkuk provinces was closed to civilians after the attack and Oct. 16 takeover of the oil-rich, disputed region of Kirkuk by Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Shia Hashd al-Shaabi militias.
The road is a strategic route between the two provinces, and it is also used as the main highway for Iraqis and Kurds traveling between the Kurdistan Region and other central and southern provinces of Iraq.
Editing by Nadia Riva