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Female Kurdish deputies are pictured outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on November 6, 2013. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

Iraq: Kurdish parties to field independent candidate lists

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Jan 29, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Kurdistan’s main parties have said they will field independent candidate lists in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections and Kurdistan’s provincial elections. Khusru Goran, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) parliamentary...

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Female Kurdish deputies are pictured outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on November 6, 2013. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

Kurdistan: MPs express dismay as political deadlock continues

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Jan 19, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Kurdistan’s main parties are facing increasing pressure over the current political stalemate, with several MPs planning to hold a sit-in on Tuesday to protest against delays in the formation of the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),...

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A picture taken on December 29, 2013 shows decorations displayed on the main square of the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, two days ahead of the New Year’s celebrations (AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED).

Erbil’s Enduring Nightlife

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Jan 5, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Although Iraq has hit the headlines across the globe again this week, the country’s northern Kurdistan region remains more peaceful. Life in the rest of Iraq continues under a shadow of violence, with the specter of the sudden explosion of...

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A picture taken on September 12, 2013 shows an Iraqi Kurdish man walking past electoral campaign posters of candidates running in the Kurdistan parliament election, in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. (AFP)

Erbil-Baghdad dispute Kurdistan Region population figures

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Dec 29, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has sought to play down discrepancies in its population estimates for the region and those of Iraq’s federal government, denying that they are due to any “political agenda” on the part of Baghdad. The...

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Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) head Saleh Muslim speaks during a conference in Paris November 13, 2013. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer)

Syrian Kurdish parties reach agreement on Geneva II

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Dec 25, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—An agreement has been reached between the Syrian Kurdish National Council (KNC) and the Syria-based Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) on Syrian Kurdish participation at the Geneva II conference. After eight days of meetings between the...