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.

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 12:32 AFP —

Friday, 29 September, 2017 , 12:28 AFP — Foreigners scrambled to leave Iraqi Kurdistan Friday hours before the start of a flight ban imposed by Baghdad in retaliation for an independence referendum that has sent regional tensions soaring.

Thursday, 28 September, 2017 , 21:24 AFP — Washington is willing to "facilitate" talks between Baghdad and Iraq's Kurdish region to calm soaring tensions surrounding a controversial independence referendum, the US State Department said Thursday.