Independence vote on Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraq’s Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani is pledging to hold a referendum on Kurdish independence despite opposition from the Iraqi parliament


Kurdish-populated areas
TURKEY
SYRIA
IRAQ
IRAN
Detail map


Kurdish autonomous region
Area captured by Kurdish forces
Limit of Kurdish territorial claim
Oilfields 
Referendum areas


SYRIA
TURKEY
DOHUK
Dohuk
Tal Afar
Mosul
Irbil
IRBIL
Sinjar
Makhmur
NINEVEH
KIRKUK
Kirkuk
Sulaimaniya
SULAIMANIYA
Halabja
Tuz Khurmatu
IRAQ
SALAH AD-DIN
River Euphrates
ANBAR
River Tigris
Khanaqin
IRAN
DIYALA
Mandali
Badra
WASIT
Baghdad


50km 30 miles

Masoud Barzani

Sources: Al Jazeera, BBC, The Economist, National Geographic Picture: AP 
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