The President of Iraq’s Kurdish region says the controversial referendum on support for independence will go forward Monday, despite increasingly urgent calls from the international community to delay the vote.
Speaking to a crowd of thousands in Irbil on Friday, Masoud Barzani says the fight against the Islamic State group in partnership with the Iraqi military will “continue” despite the vote.
The comments follow a warning from the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that the vote could have a “potentially destabilizing” impact on the region.
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