While the Kurds have voted for independence in Northern Iraq, it has set a backlash from countries as Turkey, Iran and the Iraqi government. The Iraqi lawmakers have allowed the use of force against the Kurdish leaders as they attempt to take control of the oil fields in the area to reduce their economic standing. Major airlines are suspending flights into the Kurdish area in support of the government in Baghdad. Iran has preemptively began arresting Kurdish leaders in Iran after attempting to hold pro-referendum demonstrations, after the Iraqi vote. This vote has turned an already volatile area even more upside down and chaotic.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iraqi-parliament-authorizes-troops-deployed-to-contested-city-as-kurdish-independence-crisis-escalates-/2017/09/27/845d7220-a381-11e7-8c37-e1d99ad6aa22_story.html
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