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Iraq's Kurdish fighters block roads to country's second city Mosul in response to troop movements
All foreign flights from Iraq Kurdish capital of Arbil to be suspended on Baghdad's orders
Iraqi Kurds vote in an independence referendum defying Baghdad
Iraq Kurds begin historic independence referendum defying government; leave Baghdad, Ankara and Tehran fuming
Iraq: US conducts air strikes near Arbil and Mosul dam
The United States on Saturday conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish capital of Arbil and the Mosul dam, the US Central Command said.