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Rebel fighters of the Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) pay their respects during the funeral ceremony of their comrade in the village of Afrin, on August 13, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/STR.)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 16, 2013 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat–Several Kurdish MPs from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) visited the Fish Khabur border crossing between Syria and Iraq’s Kurdish region on Wednesday to inspect the humanitarian situation there. The visit follows reports that the...
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Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani smiles during an interview with Reuters in Arbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad June 2, 2013. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari.)
by Sherzad Shekhani | Aug 11, 2013 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a letter sent to the members of the preparatory committee for the Kurdish National Conference that is due to take place on August 24, the president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, called to form a commission of inquiry into...