Iraq extends air blockade of Kurdistan by three months: airport official
Monday, 26 February, 2018 , 11:17
Baghdad, Feb 26, 2018 (AFP) — Iraq has extended by three months a ban on international flights to the autonomous Kurdish region, a senior official at Arbil airport in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan said on Monday.
Baghdad imposed the air blockade in September -- and until February 28 -- after Iraqi Kurdistan voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding referendum rejected as illegal by the central government.
