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Speaking to the media, Bayındır underscored that the dialogue in Erbil was critical for protecting Western Kurdistan and ...

They have taken on even more of the trappings of an independent nation. The Kurdish flag, not the Iraqi one, hangs over government buildings, and many Kurds openly advocate secession—even though ...