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Image of cinema taken from Erbil International Film Festival website. (Erbil International Film Festival)
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Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Arbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, May 12, 2014. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari)
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Iraq: Kurds seek unity ahead of election results
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Massoud Barzani, met with representatives of several Kurdish parties on Saturday in a bid to unify Kurdish ranks two days before Iraq’s general election results are set to be...Caption:
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani speaks during a press conference in Ankara in this March 7, 2008, file photo. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)
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Iraq: Kirkuk governor says President Talabani to return soon
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The governor of Kirkuk announced on Monday that Iraq’s president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, would return to Iraqi Kurdistan soon, after spending two years in hospital in Germany. Najmiddin Karim, a member of Talabani’s party, the Patriotic...Caption:
Prime Minister of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, Nechervan Barzani, speaks during a press conference in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil on September 18, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED)
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Kurdistan Region close to forming government—local media
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has denied that there is any difference of opinion between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani and Kurdish Prime Minister-elect Nechervan Barzani over the Interior Ministry...Caption:
Lebanese singer Myriam Fares at a press conference in Erbil, March 2014 (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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