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Kurd vote favours KDP

Kurd vote

A year after the referendum on independence, about three million Iraqi Kurds returned to the polls a few days ago. This time not to revive a possible separation from Iraq, but to decide their representatives in the Parliament of their autonomous region.


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By Marco Lucchi

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A year after the referendum on independence, about three million Iraqi Kurds returned to the polls a few days ago. This time not to revive a possible separation from Iraq, but to decide their representatives in the Parliament of their autonomous region.


The Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP), led by Massoud Barzani, was the clear winner.

We talked about it with Middle East correspondent Michele Giorgio and we asked him first of all to talk about the Kurdish people and their geopolitical position in the region.


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