Tensions mount ahead of Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq

Tensions mount ahead of Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq

Kurdish dancers perform at a pro-independence rally in Erbil, northern Iraq, on Sept. 15, 2017. The Kurdish Regional Government is pressing ahead with a Sept. 25 referendum on the independence of the autonomous region, established in 1992 after the Gulf War, despite strong objections from the Iraqi government and neighboring countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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