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Kurdish opposition slams Barzani over KRG upcoming vote

Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, has warned Kurdish authorities of playing with fire by holding a statehood referendum.

Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Baghdad

Tensions are simmering between Erbil and Iraq’s central government ahead of a controversial independence referendum championed by Kurdish President Masoud Barzani. A number of Kurdish parties have shown great opposition to Barzani’s agenda in what seems to be a deep rift between Kurdish groups. Our correspondent Altaf Ahmad has more from Baghdad.


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