Anger in Ankara over Iraqi Kurdish independence moves - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Semih Idiz

Semih Idiz

Apr 4, 2017

Kurdish Peshmerga forces celebrate Newroz Day, a festival marking spring and the new year, in Kirkuk March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed - RTX31W8R — Kurdish peshmerga forces celebrate Nowruz in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 20, 2017. — REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

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Kurdish residents hold flags during Norouz celebrations in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed - GF10000353437

Kurdistan flag row threatens to reignite Kirkuk powder keg

Dana Taib Menmy

Dana Taib Menmy

Iraqi SWAT troopers stand guard on a street during Kurds independence referendum in Kirkuk, Iraq September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - RC1949AF51F0

Kirkuk residents face uncertainty amid referendum crisis

Fazel Hawramy (Iraq Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iraq Pulse)

Kirkuk provincial Governor Najim al-Din Karim (C-R) raises the Iraqi flag to fly next to the Kurdish flag over a government building in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on March 28, 2017.
Provincial councillors in disputed, oil-rich Kirkuk province voted to fly the Kurdish regional flag over government buildings, a move likely to increase tensions with Baghdad. Only the 25 Kurdish provincial councillors backed the measure, while the 16 Arab and Turkmen members did not take part in the session. / AFP PHOT

Kurdish flag fans controversy in Iraq's Kirkuk

Mustafa Saadoun

Mustafa Saadoun

A member of Peshmerga forces shows his ink-stained finger during Kurds independence referendum in Sheikh Amir village, Iraq September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RC19A8F11230

What's next after Kurdish independence vote?

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture