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Iraqi Kurdish Leader Says Overwhelming Majority Voted for Independence

HeadlineSep 27, 2017

Tensions are rising between Iraq’s central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq over Monday’s Kurdish independence referendum. On Tuesday, the Kurdish government said an overwhelming majority of people had voted for independence, although the full results have not yet been released. In retaliation, Iraq’s prime minister has threatened to impose an air embargo on international flights unless the oil-rich Kurdish region surrenders control of its two international airports by Friday.

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