A Syrian Kurd gestures, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on September 26, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region. / AFP / Delil souleiman
Arbil, Iraq: More than 92 percent of Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in a referendum, according to the first official results announced on Wednesday, two days after the disputed plebiscite.
Electoral commission officials told a news conference in the regional capital Arbil that 92.73 percent of the 3,305,925 people who cast ballots voted "yes" in Monday's referendum, which had a turnout of 72.61 percent.
