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thecommonwealth.orgAll foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil will be suspended from
Friday evening on Baghdad's orders, its airport director said, following a controversial independence referendum.
"All international flights without exception to and from Arbil will stop from 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Friday following a decision by the Iraqi cabinet and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi," Talar Faiq Salih told AFP on Thursday.
Abadi ordered the halt to flights serving airports in Iraqi Kurdistan in retaliation for the
independence referendum held Monday in defiance of Baghdad which
delivered a resounding 92.73 "yes" vote.
Regional carriers, including Turkish Airlines, EgyptAir and Lebanon's Middle East Airlines had already announced that they would be suspending their flights serving Iraqi Kurdistan at Baghdad's request.
The Arbil airport director said she deeply regretted the decision, which she said would hamper the campaign against the Islamic State group in Iraq and neighbouring
Syria, as well as the delivery of aid to those displaced
by it.
britannica.com"We have consulates, international staff, international companies, so it's going to
affect everyone. It's not a right decision," Salih said.