Stock Daily Dish: Kurds ‘re-energise’ independence referendum plan for post-jihadist Iraq

The KRG government rejected Iraqi and Turkish demands, arguing that Kurds’ role in defending Kirkuk against IS justified the hoisting of their flag. (Source: AP)  Iraq’s Kurds plan to hold a referendum on independence this year to press their case for “the best deal” on self-determination once Islamic State is defeated, a senior Kurdish official said. The Kurds already run their own autonomous region in northern Iraq and...