Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi demanded Wednesday that this week’s vote on ‘independence’ for the autonomous Kurdish region be annulled. “The referendum must be annulled and dialogue initiated in the framework of the constitution. We will never hold talks on the results of the referendum,” he told Iraqi lawmakers. “We ...
Iraq will suspend all foreign flights to and from airports operated by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) starting Friday, the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (IraqCAA) said Wednesday. The statement comes after the KRG refused to surrender authority of airports to the central government in Baghdad. In a statement, the civil ...
