by Sherzad Shekhani | Jan 16, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following weeks of negotiations, the new Kurdistan Region Government (KRG), led by prime minister-designate Nechervan Barzani, could be announced as early as next week. A senior member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) informed Asharq...
by Sherzad Shekhani | Jan 9, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Kurdistan’s third-largest political party will nominate the son of the Iraqi president as the Kurdistan Regional Government’s deputy prime minister, as the country remains in deadlock over the formation of a new government, a source close...
by Sherzad Shekhani | Dec 31, 2013 | World
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Zagros Hiwa, has called on the Kurdish community in Turkey not to interfere in the current conflict between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US-based Muslim preacher...
by Sherzad Shekhani | Dec 31, 2013 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following denials by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) that it was responsible for the hold-up in the formation of the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), local media reported that a new Erbil government was taking shape and may be...
by Sherzad Shekhani | Dec 30, 2013 | Middle East
Ebil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ali Bapir, the leader of the Kurdistan Islamic Group, has accused the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of delaying the formation of a government in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, three months after the end of the elections. In an interview with...
