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Kurds are counting down for September 25 referendum

Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, on September 15, 2017
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, on September 15, 2017 Source: Getty

Final and most powerful festival has ended in the Kurdish capital Erbil/Hewlêr in support of the Independence referendum set to be underway on 25th of September. Our correspondent Ahmed Ghafur reports on the latest from the Kurdistan Region.


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Final and most powerful festival has ended in the Kurdish capital Erbil/Hewlêr in support of the Independence referendum set to be underway on 25th of September. Our correspondent Ahmed Ghafur reports on the latest from the Kurdistan Region.



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