by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Iraqis across the country prepare to head to the polls on Wednesday, several parliamentary hopefuls are already complaining of electoral violations. Candidates have raised questions about the issuance of voter’s e-cards, in addition...
by Mohamed Zangeneh | Apr 22, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The governor of Kirkuk announced on Monday that Iraq’s president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, would return to Iraqi Kurdistan soon, after spending two years in hospital in Germany. Najmiddin Karim, a member of Talabani’s party, the Patriotic...
by Hamza Mustafa | Mar 6, 2014 | Features
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the countdown begins for Iraq’s parliamentary elections scheduled to take place on April 30, one of the questions on everyone’s lips is about what will be done to address the failure to appoint an acting president following Jalal Talabani’s...
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 Sherzad Shekhani | Oct 23, 2013 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The health of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was a subject of some speculation once more this week after Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party spokesman, Azad Jindiyani, said that Talabani would remain head of the party “as long as he is...
