Britain and the United States Redraw the Map After the ... their homes. In Iraq, the British twice quashed uprisings led by Sheikh Mahmoud, the self-declared "king of Kurdistan," in 1920 and ...

Kurdish referendum: What is at stake? Sykes-Picot: The map that spawned a century of resentment Who are the Kurds? Iraqi Kurdistan profile The statement issued by the Security Council late on ...

People have voted in a landmark referendum on independence for the Kurdistan region of Iraq, a move which has been criticised by foreign powers. Polling took place in the three provinces that make ...