Makhmur (Arabic: مخمور; Kurdish: مەخموور, romanized: Mexmûr,) is a town and district in Erbil Governorate that is under Iraqi federal control, only smaller eastern part of the city is still under Peshmerga control. From Wikipedia
Clash over control of vacated Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) posts in strategic Makhmour district increases tension between Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga; seven others wounded as high-level committee forms to investigate incident.
