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...


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Stock Daily Dish: Turkey‘s Erdogan calls on Iraqi Kurds to lower Kurdish flag in Kirkuk

Turkey‘s Erdogan calls on Iraqi Kurds to lower Kurdish flag in Kirkuk  ANKARA, April 4 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on Iraqi Kurds to lower the Kurdish flag in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, warning that failure to do so would damage their relations with Turkey. Kirkuk, one of Iraq‘s disputed territories, has Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen populations. Kurdish peshmerga forces took control...


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