Monday, 25 September, 2017 , 06:08 AFP — Iraqi Kurds started voting in an independence referendum Monday in defiance of Baghdad which has warned of "measures" to defend Iraq's unity and threatened to deprive their region of lifeline oil revenues.

Monday, 25 September, 2017 , 05:23 AFP — Iraqi Kurds began voting on Monday in a historic independence referendum despite the opposition of Baghdad and neighbouring states, AFP reporters said.

Monday, 25 September, 2017 , 05:21 AFP — Iraqi Kurds began voting on Monday in a historic independence referendum despite the opposition of Baghdad and neighbouring states, AFP reporters said.

Monday, 25 September, 2017 , 05:02 AFP —

Monday, 25 September, 2017 , 02:28 AFP — US-led forces invaded Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 2003 after claims it was harbouring weapons of mass destruction.

Monday, 25 September, 2017 , 02:17 AFP — The Kurds, a non-Arab ethnic group, number between 25 and 35 million people who are spread across four countries but without a state of their own.

Monday, 25 September, 2017 , 02:13 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish region, which is holding a referendum on statehood on Monday, has been autonomous since 1991 and has played a major role in the war against jihadists.

Monday, 25 September, 2017 , 02:07 AFP — Iraqi Kurds are to vote in an independence referendum Monday in defiance of Baghdad which has warned of "measures" to defend Iraq's unity and threatened to deprive their region of lifeline oil revenues.

Sunday, 24 September, 2017 , 19:48 AFP — Iraq's Kurds said Sunday they will hold an independence referendum "whatever the risk and price", despite threats of retaliation from the country's central government on the eve of the vote.

Sunday, 24 September, 2017 , 18:49 AFP — The Iraqi government, on the eve of a Kurdish independence referendum in oil-rich northern Iraq, on Sunday urged all countries to deal only with the central government on oil transactions.