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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)

Source: New Kurdistan government formula agreed

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...

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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)

Kurdistan: Iraqi president’s son may become Kurdistan deputy PM—source

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...

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A demonstrator holds pictures of Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen (R), during a protest against Turkey’s ruling AK Party (AKP), demanding the resignation of Erdogan, in Istanbul December 30, 2013 (REUTERS/Osman Orsal).

PKK: Erdoğan seeking Kurdish support in his conflict with Gülen

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...

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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)

Report: New Kurdistan Region Government to be announced soon

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...

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An Iraqi Kurdish man leaves a voting booth before casting his ballot during the Kurdistan’s legislative election at a polling station on September 21, 2013 in the northern Kurdish city of Arbil. (AFP/ PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Kurdistan Islamic Group accuses PUK of delaying new government

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...