'Fresh Dates'[2][3]) is a town in Iraq, located south of Kirkuk.

[7] In 2009 it was the site of the 20 June 2009 Taza bombing, where more than 70 people were killed by a suicide bomber.

[8] In June 2014, along with the nearby villages of Brawawchli, Karanaz, Chardaghli, and Bashir, it experienced a massacre of at least 40 villagers committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

[9] In March 2016, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fired mortars containing an unidentified chemical agent killing one and injuring 600.

[10][11][12] It is currently controlled by the Turkmen Brigades of the Popular Mobilization Units.