This is an entry from: LIVE BLOG: The battle for Mosul
PKK sending fighters to Kirkuk: agency
21 October 2016 10:41 BST
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) are heading to the Iraqi city of Kirkuk to help fight against the Islamic State group, according to the Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DIHA).
Clashes erupted in Kirkuk on Friday after an apparent IS sleeper cell activated itself in the city. At least six policemen and 12 IS fighters had been killed in fighting, mostly in southern neighbourhoods.
Local government officials have previously denied the presence of the PKK, who are politically at odds with the Iraqi Kurdish government, in the city.