Panorama

Today's program includes a look at the situation in Iraq after the autonomous region of Kurdistan held a referendum on independence in the mandated provinces and also in provinces iPeshmerga forces captured from Islamic State and now claimed as their own, among them the oil rich Kirkuk. Israel has supported Kurdish independence and the US has made them preferred allies in the war, however neither country came to their aid when last week Iraqi government forces entered the disputed provinces and facing little resistance, recaptured Kirkuk -with the help of the Iranian backed Iraqi-shia militia. And more.