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Kirkuk residents face uncertainty amid referendum crisis

Kirkuk residents are fearful of the security and economic consequences of the Sept. 25 independence referendum as opposition to it persists.

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

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