Media ID: 55333866
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President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani speaks during a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary William Hague (unseen) in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan, on June 27, 2014. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
by Dalshad Al-Dalwi | Jul 2, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, has announced that a referendum on the region’s independence will be held within the coming months, pointing out that he is currently in talks with the Kurdistan Parliament to set...
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File photo of Iraqi Grand Mufti Sheikh Rafi Al-Rifa’i. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Dalshad Al-Dalwi | Jun 25, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Grand Mufti Rafi Al-Rifa’i, the highest Sunni authority in the country, has portrayed what is happening in Iraq as a “popular revolution,” saying the central government is exaggerating the presence and threat of the militant Islamic...
