by Ma'ad Fayad | Aug 30, 2014 | Interviews
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Burham Salih, former head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and a former deputy prime minister of Iraq, is able to walk the streets of the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah unencumbered by bodyguards. Such is the popularity and respect...
by Ma'ad Fayad | Nov 11, 2013 | Interviews
Suleimaniyah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Widely seen as one of the few bright spots in the disaster that has unfolded in Iraq since 2003, Kurdistan’s nascent democracy has been held up by its inhabitants—and some abroad—as a beacon of stability, economic growth and democratic...
by Hamza Mustafa and Sherzad Shekhani | Apr 28, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Burham Salih, Deputy Secretary-General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), has come out to condemn the killing of unnamed civilians in Hawijah. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said: “We in the leadership of the PUK are...
