Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 19:19 AFP —

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 18:06 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and three others wounded Friday in an attack by Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, the Turkish armed forces said.

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 17:28 AFP — The Iraqi government cut autonomous Kurdistan's direct air links with the outside world indefinitely on Friday, partially isolating the northern region after it voted a massive "yes" in an independence referendum.

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 15:41 AFP — Iraq's government cut the autonomous northern Kurdish region's direct air links with the outside world indefinitely on Friday after it voted a massive "yes" in a referendum on independence.

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 15:39 AFP — An Iraqi ban on international flights into and out of Iraqi Kurdistan took effect on Friday in retaliation for an independence referendum that has angered Baghdad.

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 15:19 AFP — An Iraqi ban on international flights into and out of Iraqi Kurdistan took effect on Friday in retaliation for an independence referendum that has angered Baghdad.

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 15:03 AFP —

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 14:24 AFP — Foreigners scrambled to leave Iraqi Kurdistan Friday before the start of a flight ban imposed by Baghdad in retaliation for an independence referendum that has sent regional tensions soaring.

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 13:30 AFP — Humanitarian, military and diplomatic planes are excluded from a ban on international flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan to start on Friday, the director of Arbil airport said.

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 12:46 AFP — Humanitarian, military and diplomatic planes are excluded from a ban on international flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan to start on Friday, the director of Arbil airport said.