The Globe and Mail - 02.11.2019

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019 | THEGLOBEANDMAIL O NEWS | A1 3

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rdistan Regional Government and a mini-state in northern Iraq – the closest the Kurds have come to an independent region of their own.

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Mark MacKinnonandAndrea DiCenzo’sjourney fromErbil,Iraq toDiyarbakir,Turkey

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Former Iraqi MP Tanya Gilly Khailany, top, is seen at her office
in Iraqi Kurdistan. The politician is one of many fighting for
Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence. Kurdish journalist Hiwa Osman,
above, who is seen in his home in Erbil, says KRG residents
depend on Turkey for their livelihoods.
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