Many provinces, districts, villages and oil-rich areas under control of the Southern Kurdistan Regional Government before the September 25 Referendum has been handed over to the Iraqi Central Government and the Hashd al-Shaabi.

The Iraqi army is taking back the areas they retreated without resistance from in 2014 during the ISIS attacks. Some areas were invaded as a result of the Iraqi army and Hashd al-Shaabi attacks, while many others are just handed over in accordance with the deal the Hewler administration made.

The following is a list of places the Southern Kurdistan Regional Government has handed over to the Iraqi Central Government and the Hashd al-Shaabi with the process that began on October 16:

Tuz Khurmatu

Khanaqin

Kirkuk

Daquq

Taza

Bashir

Makhmur

Rabia

Shengal (The parts under KDP control)

Zumar

Dibis

Pirdê and many villages

OIL-RICH AREAS

Bay Hesen

Zumar, Havana, Baba Gurgur and Gaz Shimal

And 40 small and large areas with oil wells and refineries.

BORDER GATES

Perwîzxan between Kelar and Qasr-i Shirin

Xusrewî between Kelar and Khanaqin

Başmax between Merîwan and Pencwînî

The border gate between Piranshahr and Haji Umran

Sêmalka border gate and the Khabur border gate, handed over today

Reports say meetings continue for the handover of airports in Hewler and Sulaymaniyah

The people of Southern Kurdistan is protesting the Hewler administration handing over their lands to Baghdad and Hashd al-Shaabi. Developments are seen as a great political rupture for the Kurds.