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Control kirkuk. an oil-rich region claimed by both the kurdistan regional government and the iraqi government and remains a region of contention in the kurdish fight for independence. on that note iraqi prime minister said today we don't want any aggression or confrontations but the federal authority must be imposed in the disputed areas. really referring to that. there remains concern here, sandra, that both forces that have had a common enemy, that being isis, could be a flash point in that region for violence. >> sandra: we'll keep watching. >> bill: in moments the latest from las vegas. di...

>> reporter: we are now in the city of kirkuk. this is the oil-rich capital of the north, home to about 15% of all of iraq's known oil reserves. all of the different factions in this country have long wanted to control kirkuk. until a few days ago there were iraqi troops here, but now this city and the oil fields are being controlled by kurdish militias, by the kurdish fighters. the dynamics in this country are shifting and changing as isis militants continue to march on baghdad. iraq's second biggest city, mosul, is now under islamic sharia law. militants from the al qaeda offshoot isis decre...

Richard? >> reporter: we are now in the city of kirkuk. this is the oil-rich capital of the north home to about 15% of all of iraq's known oil reserves all of the different factions in this country have long wanted to control kirkuk. until a few days ago there were iraqi troops here but now this city and the oil fields are being controlled by kurdish militias by the kurdish fighters. the dynamics in this country are shifting and changing as isis militants continue to march on baghdad. iraq's second biggest city mosul is now under islamic sharia law. militants from the al qaeda offshoot isis de...