Iraqi Kurdistan

All foreign flights from Iraq Kurdish capital of Arbil to be suspended on Baghdad's orders

All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil will be suspended from Friday evening on Baghdad's orders, its airport director said, following a controversial independence referendum.

Kurdish Referendum: Turkey denies closing Iraq border, says tight controls in place

Turkey denied media reports that it had closed its southern border gate with northern Iraq in response to the independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Iraq Supreme Court orders suspension of Kurdistan referendum scheduled for 25 September

The Iraq court took the decision after it "reviewed requests to stop the referendum", the statement said.