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Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Erbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad November 30, 2011. (photo by REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Barzani’s Statements Spur Political Controversy in Baghdad

by Hamza Mustafa | Nov 18, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Iraqi government said on Thursday an agreement on the withdrawal of Kurdish forces from liberated areas of Mosul remained “steady and unchanged”. Iraq Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s office followed up with a statement on Kurdish Peshmerga forces having to...

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President of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region speaks in Erbil on January 11, 2015 (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

Barzani to Visit Turkey Today, Biden Tomorrow

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 23, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara – President of the Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, will fly to Ankara on Tuesday and meet Turkish politicians. Barzani will meet Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildrim, and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolgu, According to...

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Massoud Barzani (portrait), the president of the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, wave the party’s flag (R) and the Kurdish flag (L) as he delivers a speech in the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Arbil on May 26, 2013. AFP/Safin Hamed)

KRG presidential elections a damp squib as nomination deadline approaches

by Sherzad Shekhani | Jun 26, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the deadline for nominations for the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government [KRG] presidential election fast approaches, no Kurdistan political party or figure has thrown their hat into the ring. The KRG presidential elections are scheduled to...

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Demonstrators hold Kurdish flags and flags with portraits of the jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during a gathering to celebrate Newroz in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir March 21, 2013. Source: REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Analysis: What Does Turkey Gain from PKK Talks?

by Soner Cagaptay | May 4, 2013 | Features

On April 25, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced that it would withdraw its militants from Turkish soil after more than four decades of fighting against Ankara, including carrying out terror attacks inside Turkey. The announcement follows recent news that...

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Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdish regional government, addresses a conference on “recognizing the Kurdish genocide” in Erbil, March 14, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/ ALI AL-SAADI)

The Stateless Statesmen

by James Denselow | Apr 12, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine

The vast majority of global debate over the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq has focused on the rights and wrongs of the decision to go to war and questions over whether the beleaguered Iraqis are now better off than they were under Saddam. While war fatigue...