I read somewhere, or heard it on tv, that the Kurds are supposed to vote on seceding on 9/25 and that parliament and/or Baghdad were trying to delay it. I just saw it a couple days ago; may have been on the scroll on the bottom of Fox News; I'll see if I can locate it again.
Just googled it and there are numerous links and 9/25 is the date given.
Don't think he's doing an update - check last week's chat. He said don't be surprised if he has little activity over the holidays, although he will be watching for any exciting "news".