Congress abandons constraints on Kurdish aid
US lawmakers wary of Iraqi Kurds’ independence push have shelved their concerns amid Baghdad’s Iran-backed push to reassert control.
![MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-KURDS-KIRKUK Vehicles of Kurdish Peshmarga Forces are seen near Altun Kupri between Kirkuk and Erbil, Iraq October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RC1FFF872240](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2017/11-1/RTS1HC71.jpg/RTS1HC71.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=i_xrpIq7)
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