Iraq's Kurdish Region Votes In Controversial Independence Referendum
The vote is seen as a way to signal the ethnic minority's desire for self-determination, despite strong opposition from regional and international powers. Turnout reportedly was high.
Residents of Iraq's Kurdish region cast their votes today in a controversial independence referendum seen as a way to signal the ethnic minority's desire for self-determination, despite strong opposition from regional and international powers.
The historic poll, which is nonbinding, took place in three northern Kurdish provinces of Iraq, as well as
