BAGHDAD – Kurdish officials said on Thursday thousands of their people had fled the 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 neighborhhoods in Kirkuk city appeared to be operating normally.
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