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Kurdish security services stand guard outside polling center shortly before opening for the referendum on independence from Iraq in Irbil, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

The Latest: UN regrets Iraq’s Kurds went ahead with vote

Associated Press

An Iraqi Kurdish man casts his ballot during the referendum on independence from Iraq in Irbil, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. Iraq's Kurdish region vote in a referendum on whether to secede from Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi Kurds vote in referendum on independence from Baghdad

By Susannah George and Balint Szlanko - Associated Press

In this 2008 photo, a Convoy Security Element with Company A, 10th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, aligns a re-supply convoy headed out of Forward Operating Base, Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq. American military contractors operating in Iraq have accused Baghdad of using strong-arm tactics to force them to pay exorbitant taxes, a practice they’ve warned is undermining the mission to defeat the Islamic State extremists. To compel payment of the taxes, which can run into the millions of dollars, they say Iraqi authorities have held up the delivery of critical supplies, including food, fuel and water, bound for U.S.-led coalition forces combating the insurgents.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jason Jordan via AP)

Contractors accuse Iraq of shake downs to force tax payments

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim speaks to the media in Ankara, Turkey, Friday Sept. 22, 2017. Yildirim said Friday his country will never accept a separate Kurdish state in neighboring Iraq and would not refrain from taking steps to prevent it. Binali Yildirim again called on Iraqi Kurdish leaders to abandon plans for a referendum on independence, saying it was not too late for them to turn away &quot;from this adventure.&quot; (Turkish Prime Ministry, pool photo via AP)

Turkey OKs military intervention, warns Iraqi Kurds on vote

By Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

Iraq's Minister for Foreign Affairs Ibrahim Abdulkarim Al-Jafari speaks during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Iraq seeks other nations’ help to build a nuclear reactor

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chairs the National Security Council in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Turkey's political and military leaders met to consider possible sanctions and other measures against Iraq's Kurdish region if it goes ahead with a referendum for independence. The Council met followed by a Cabinet meeting on Friday as the country stepped up pressure on Iraq's Kurds to abandon the vote slated for Sept. 25. (Presidential Press Service, pool photo via AP)

Turkey says it won’t accept Kurdish independence vote

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

An Arab fighter with U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces keeps watch during coalition airstrikes against Islamic State. With Syrian government forces besieging Raqqa on another front, an SDF military commander this week told The Associated Press that the fight to retake the Islamic State stronghold was "in its final stages." (Associated Press/File)

ISIS changes war tactics after losing territory

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Turkey threatens new sanctions on Iraqi Kurdistan, ahead of independence referendum vote

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Ahmed Pesher said 23 members of his family were killed during fighting in March in Mosul, Iraq. A U.S. airstrike in the Islamic State stronghold allegedly killed more than 100 people. (Associated Press/File)

ISIS fight will raise civilian casualties, rights groups fear

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Transcript of AP interview with Iraqi PM

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, photo, a campaign poster next to a Kurdish flag in the center of Irbil urges people to vote yes in the upcoming poll on independence from Iraq. Iraqi Kurds, key Western allies in the fights against the Islamic State group and whose region enjoys a large degree of autonomy inside Iraq, are planning to hold a referendum on secession on Sept. 25. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

At least 45 dead in attack on Iraq checkpoint

Associated Press

Iraq sentences Russian national to death for IS links

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to supporters in Hebron, Ky. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston) ** FILE **

Senate rejects bipartisan push for new US war authorization

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Airstrikes targeted Islamic State positions in July after Iraqi prime minister declared "total victory" in Mosul. (Associated Press/File)

ISIS reports victory killings, not ‘caliphate’ loss, to terrorist followers

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Dutch government extends military missions into 2018

Associated Press

Tulsa minister faces militants in Iraq

By BILL SHERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 22, 2017 file photo, an Arab fighter, left, and Kurdish fighter, right, who fight together with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), hold their weapons as they prepare to move to the front line to battle against the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, northeast Syria. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters are preparing to launch an offensive against the Islamic State group in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq in a race with government forces who are marching in the same direction in a crushing assault against the extremists in their last major holdout in Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Syrian army in race with US-armed fighters for eastern Syria

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Film spotlights little-known story of Summitt’s contribution

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

In a show of support, Iraqi Hezbollah scouts parade with a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Associated Press/File)

Iran militia to attack Americans after ISIS defeat in Iraq

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Lawyers: US is coercing Iraqis targeted for deportation

By ED WHITE - Associated Press