Turkey said on Monday it will take “all measures” under international law if the Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum being held on Monday generates threats to Turkey’s national security. Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement as voting started in northern Iraq in a referendum organized by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), ...
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. The non-binding vote on the Kurds’ long-cherished dream of independence, initiated by veteran leader Massud Barzani, has angered ...
