The Kurds expect a referendum in Kirkuk that would lead to the province joining the highly autonomous Kurdish region ruled by the Kurdistan regional government in northern Iraq.

• 游击战仍然持续，虽然规模小了许多，阿拉伯人也没有因为新宪法的制定以及总理的允诺而离开，甚至，阿拉伯人仍然是该地区的多数族群。