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Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s President Massoud Barzani speaks during a news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Erbil, Iraq December 8, 2015

Iraqi Kurds Seek Independence, Push for November Elections

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 21, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil- President Masoud Barzani, the leader of Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan, has called a parliamentary and presidential election for November which could help ease a long-running political row as the Kurds push for independence from Baghdad. The...

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Iraq’s Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani speaks to the media after voting in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, about 350 km (217 miles) north of Baghdad, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraq’s Kurds Declare Independence in Cyberspace

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 14, 2016 | Middle East

Denied their own state in reality, Iraq’s Kurds have declared independence, albeit in cyber space. The autonomous Kurdistan Region now has its own Top-Level Domain, a websites in Kurdistan or in the Kurdish language can choose the .krd suffix at the end of their...

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Pro-democracy protesters demonstrate to call for the prosecution of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa March 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen and the Threat of Secession

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 19, 2013 | Opinion

In 1990, three months before Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Iraq, North Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh surprised everyone by announcing his agreement with South Yemen leader Ali Salem al-Beidh to integrate the two regimes and unify. Optimism reigned...

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Kurds take part in a demonstration calling for the release of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, in Strasbourg, eastern France, February 16, 2013. (REUTERS)

Jailed Kurdish Rebel Leader Expected to Make Ceasefire Call

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 18, 2013 | World

Istanbul, Reuters—Kurdish politicians were ferried to a Turkish prison island on Monday where Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is expected to issue a ceasefire call in a conflict that has cost 40,000 lives and battered Turkey’s economy over three decades....