The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday raised crisis alert level 2 in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, which had remained relatively safe from the strife-torn capital of Baghdad.

Charles Jose, the department’s spokesman, said level 2 was raised because of the “growing security threats in and around Kurdistan.”

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