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Burham Salih, Deputy Secrtary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Burham Salih: Iraq needs “active” Arab regional role

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...

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Burham Salih, Deputy Secrtary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Barham Salih: ‘Iraq is going from bad to worse’

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...

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Iraqi anti-government gunmen from Sunni tribes in the western Anbar province march during a protest in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on April 26, 2013. (AFP Photo/Azhar Shallal)

Senior Iraqi Officers Accused of Hawijah Massacre

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...