US cautions citizens of possible unrest during Kurdish independence referendum
A Kurdish woman takes a selfie to show support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq September 22, 2017.
:: The US embassy in Iraq cautioned its citizens that there may be unrest during a referendum on independence planned by the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq, opposed by the central government in Baghdad.
“In particular, US citizens should avoid travel into and within territories disputed between the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and the Government of Iraq,” the travel warning said.
The KRG has resisted calls by the United Nations, the United States and Britain to delay the referendum. Iraq’s powerful neighbors, Iran and Turkey, strongly oppose the vote as they fear could fuel separatism among their own Kurds.
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