The 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum was a failed bid at Kurdish independence from the Republic of Iraq. It was held on 25 September 2017 in Kurdistan Region, with preliminary results sho
The flag of Kurdistan flies over the disputed city of Kirkuk after it was abandoned by Iraqi forces in June 2014 as the ISIL militant group approached.
Pro-Kurdistan independence rally in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, 22 September 2017
Pro-independence rally in Erbil in September 2017
Demonstration in support of the independence of Kurdistan at Schuman in Brussels, Belgium, 25 October 2017
Between 1 and 15 August 2014, the Islamic State expanded territory in northern Iraq under their control. In the region north and west from Mosul, the Islamic State conquered Zumar, Sinjar, Wana, Mosul
Demonstration in Paris 23 August 2014, to support Kurds and Yazidis threatened by IS