Iraq/Kurdistan: Boundary between Iraq, Kurdish Territory Divides Communities

May 22, 2017 | Balint Szlanko, Associated Press
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Since 2014, Iraq’s Kurds have expanded the territory they control by about half at the expense of Iraq. The status of some of these areas, such as the city of Kirkuk, is supposed to be decided by plebiscite under Iraq’s constitution. Others, including most of the governorate of Nineveh, technically belong to Iraq.