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KRG’s Security Council claimed Baghdad was preparing its forces to launch a major attack on Peshmerga forces in oil-rich Kirkuk on Wednesday, an allegation denied by Iraqi sources.
Iraqi-Kurdish political titan Jalal Talabani has been buried in the PUK stronghold Sulaimaniya, although controversy ensued over the flag that decked his coffin.
Baghdad continues its retaliation against Erbil over its independence referendum by stopping foreign currency transfers to Iraq's Kurdish regions.
![erbil airport [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/8043D11F-30B5-48A7-BD3F-85EE45BCB33F.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=ajG2_lv1 "erbil airport [Getty]")
Foreigners scrambled to leave Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday while Kurds have shared their frustrations at cancelled travel plans after Baghdad imposed a ban on all international flights.
The US State Department said it would be willing to negotiate between the conflicting Iraqi Kurds and Baghdad if requested, amid rising tensions following the controversial referendum vote.
International airlines have begun suspending flights to the capital of Iraq's Kurdish region after Iraqi civil aviation authorities issued a ban on flights to Kurdistan following the region's independence referendum.
The Iraqi government withheld KRG security funds for two months, demanding a formal payroll list, which the KRG refused due to "national security" concerns.Â
![Kurdish independence rally [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/70478C31-E2E7-484E-A6B8-8C904FAAB035.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=yE_cnrVQ "Kurdish independence rally [Getty]")
Iran has warned a "yes" result in Kurdistan's upcoming independence referendum would signal an end to cross-border agreements, as the UN joins calls to cancel the scrap the vote.
Hugely influential former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned that a Kurdish state 'established on ethnic or religious grounds like Israel' would not be tolerated by Baghdad.
![Kurdistan Israel [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/FBC335F2-28E2-4EDD-B20C-B646D0388E73.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=6HN6l1bH "Kurdistan Israel [Getty]")
Israel is the first country to come out in support of the upcoming Kurdish referendum, while Western powers fear a split could provoke a new round of conflict in Iraq.