Row breaks out in Iraq over Kurd flag on Talabani coffin

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 - 12:40 GMT

A row has broken out over the use of the Kurdish flag rather than Iraq's colours at former president Jalal Talabani's funeral, at a time of Iraqi-Kurdish tensions.

Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 - 04:07 GMT

Iraq's Kurdish region, which will hold a referendum on statehood on September 25, has been autonomous since 1991.