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Displaced Iraqis forced to flee their homes ahead of gains made by ISIS militants in and around Mosul, shelter at the Bahrka Refugee camp, Erbil, northern Iraq, on September 19, 2014. (EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA)

Two million Iraqi refugees in Kurdistan: official

by Dalshad Abdullah | Dec 27, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Approximately two million Iraqi citizens, mainly from the country’s central and western governorates, sought refuge from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in 2014, an official from the...

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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)

Iraq–Kurdistan crisis escalates following autonomy claims

by Hamza Mustafa | Mar 20, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The ongoing dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad appeared to widen this week when a leading Kurdish political figure is reported to have confirmed that KRG President Massoud Barzani is preparing for...

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Nechervan Barzani (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Kurdistan prime minister surprised at Maliki Saudi comments

by Ma'ad Fayad | Mar 19, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nechervan Barzani, has expressed surprise at comments made earlier this month by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, in which he accused Saudi Arabia of sponsoring terrorism in...

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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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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...