BAGHDAD—A dispute between the Iraqi government and its semiautonomous Kurdish region is easing, five months after clashes in the wake of a referendum on independence that changed the balance of power in the country.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday said he would lift a ban on international flights to and from the region this week, the latest sign of a thaw. The move followed an agreement with Kurdish officials to put their two airports under federal control.
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