Wednesday, 27 September, 2017 , 14:41 AFP — More than 92 percent of Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in a referendum, according to the first official results announced on Wednesday, two days after the disputed plebiscite.

Wednesday, 27 September, 2017 , 14:29 AFP —

Wednesday, 27 September, 2017 , 12:39 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded Wednesday that this week's vote on independence for the autonomous Kurdish region be annulled, as tensions soared between the Kurds and Baghdad.

Wednesday, 27 September, 2017 , 12:22 AFP — Lebanon's and Egypt's national carriers will halt flights to the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil this week at the request of the Baghdad authorities, they said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 27 September, 2017 , 11:34 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded Wednesday that this week's vote on independence for the autonomous Kurdish region be annulled.

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.