Kurds ask higher authority to end crisis with Baghdad
Kurds are now seeking to pressure the Iraqi central government from the top of the Shiite religious pyramid, asking Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to help solve the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil.
![AFP_QI3GR A portrait of Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is seen in the city of Najaf on July 11, 2017 as Iraqis take to the streets to celebrate a day after the government's announcement of the "liberation" of the embattled city of Mosul.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared Mosul finally retaken on July 10, as his forces fought to recapture a last sliver of territory still held by the jihadists in the Old City on the west bank of the Tigris River. / AFP PHOTO / Haidar HAMDANI (Photo credit sh](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2018/03/GettyImages-812682030.jpg/GettyImages-812682030.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=Qm7jFwlX)
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