Wednesday, 27 September, 2017 , 11:02 AFP —

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 , 19:37 AFP — Kurdish leader Massud Barzani and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi engaged in a war of words Tuesday a day after the Kurds staged an independence referendum in their autonomous region.

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 , 18:15 AFP — Kurdish leader Massud Barzani and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi engaged in a war of words Tuesday a day after the Kurds staged an independence referendum in their autonomous region.

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 , 17:37 AFP — Kurdish leader Massud Barzani Tuesday urged Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to begin talks on the issues dividing them a day after the Kurdish autonomous community held an independence referendum.

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 , 17:19 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday gave authorities in Kurdistan 72 hours to give the central government control of airports, a day after the autonomous region voted on independence.

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 , 17:15 AFP —

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 , 16:57 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday gave authorities in Kurdistan 72 hours to give the central government control of airports, a day after the autonomous region voted on independence.

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 , 16:39 AFP —

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 , 15:52 AFP — Turkey has reacted with unbridled fury to the independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdistan region, warning of consequences up to military action, but Ankara will be wary of provoking a total rupture with the Iraqi Kurdish leadership.

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 , 14:55 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the Iraqi Kurdistan region against pushing for independence after holding a non-binding referendum, saying it risked sparking an "ethnic war" in the region.