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• YOUTUBE https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCgK0sULO495_-qx_KZNilhw • INSTAGRAM http://instagram.com/ari__mc From Kurdistan An independence referendum for Iraqi Kurdistan was planned to be held in 2014 amidst controversy and dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal government of Iraq.[1] Longstanding calls for Kurdish independence[2] gained impetus following the Northern Iraq offensive by ISIL in which Baghdad-controlled forces abandoned some areas, which were then taken by the Peshmerga and controlled de facto by the Kurds. The referendum, announced and delayed on several occasions[3][4] as Kurdish forces co-operated with the Iraqi central government for the liberation of Mosul,[5] was envisioned as of April 2017 for sometime in 2017.[6] |