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Kurdish leaders remain committed to a political settlement but say their famed peshmerga militia forces are ready to take up arms to defend their homeland. (Associated Press/File)

Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdish delegate, urges U.S. to push Iraq deal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Kurds celebrated referendum day Monday in Irbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government, hoping to send a message to the international community. (Seth J. Frantzman/Special to The Washington Times)

Kurd independence vote raises fears in region

By Seth J. Frantzman

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

Transcript of AP interview with Iraqi PM

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Kurdish Self-governance Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Kurdish independence remains a worthy cause

By Bilal Wahab

Kurdistan referendum stands on ‘solid legal footing’

By David Tafuri

Kurdistan Region: Untapped economic potential

By Dr. Sasha Toperich

Yezidi girls. (Photo Credit: Kurdistan Iraq Tours LLC/Tour Guide.)

Kurdistan: A proven sanctuary and ‘safe haven’ for refugees

By Robert A. Destro and Carole A. O'Leary

Why America should support independent Kurdistan

By Noreldin Waisy

Independence will open doors to investment in Kurdistan

By Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., takes questions during a TV interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Trent Franks warns Kurds against Iranian and Turkish influence in region

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Rajeh Saber Abboud al-Mousavi, top Iraqi diplomat, says Kurdish independence bid illegal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This frame grab from video released Tuesday, July 4, 2017, and provided by Furat FM, a Syrian Kurdish activist-run media group, shows U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in the eastern side of Raqqa, Syria. The SDF forces have breached the wall around Raqqa's Old City, the U.S. military said Tuesday, marking a major advance in the weeks-old battle to drive Islamic State militants out of their self-declared capital. (Furat FM, via AP)

Kurdish referendum vote opposed by White House

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the U.S. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman speaks from the KRG representative offices in Washington D.C. on Monday. (Laura Kelly/The Washington Times)

Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman says Iranian-backed Shia militias undermine Kurdish region

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Iraqi flag

Sherzad Mamsani, Iraq leader: ‘I am a Kurd and a Jew’

By Loredana Vuoto - Catholic News Agency

President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Massoud Barzani (Associated Press) **FILE**

Kurdish leader calls for redrawing Mideast borders

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Kurdish peshmerga troops are taking back territory in northern Iraq in a survivalist fight against Islamic State invaders who have commandeered hundreds of American vehicles. The Kurdish forces say they are outgunned and need armor-piercing projectiles. (Associated Press photographs)

Islamic State stalemates provoke Kurds to ask for more weapons

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands guard as new equipment arrives at Kalak refinery on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, as Kurdish authorities try to help ease the fuel shortage. (Associated Press)

Iraq oil feud renewed as cash-strapped Kurds turn backs on deal with Baghdad

By Florian Neuhof - Special to The Washington Times

In this image released by the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), Kurdish peshmerga forces prepare for battle against the Islamic State group, south of the Mosul Dam, in Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Kurdish Regional Security Council said Wednesday that Kurdish peshmerga fighters launched a new offensive to secure areas southeast and southwest of the dam. (AP Photo/Kurdistan Region Security Council)

Divisions among Kurdish factions fighting militants seen as increasing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times