A still image taken from a video shows Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi speaking as he makes a statement in Baghdad, Iraq September 24, 2017. REUTERS/via Reuters TV
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi faced calls on Tuesday to take measures ranging from an economic blockade to military action after Kurds voted in a referendum in support of independence. But he will need to proceed cautiously.
Abadi has been trying to unite Iraq since he took office, focussing mainly on sectarian hostilities between Shi'ites and Sunnis, which had triggered a civil war, and Islamic State militants who seized a third of his country before their defeat.
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