Iraq's parliament has rejected a decision to raise the Kurdistan flag alongside the Iraqi flag on public buildings and institutions in Kirkuk city.
Iraqi MPs voted in favour of displaying only the Iraqi flag on Kirkuk's buildings on Saturday ril 01,2017, in a session attended by 186 members of the 328-seat parliament.
Earlier in the week, the semi-autonomous Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) voted in favour of raising the Kurdistan Regional Government's flag (KRG) alongside Iraqi national flag on public buildings in the city.
However, that vote was vetoed by most Arab and Turkmen members of the KPC.
Kirkuk city is home to Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, and Assyrians, as well as tens of thousands of people fleeing ISIL and Shia militias from other areas of Iraq
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