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An Iraqi man walks past campaign posters as he walks on a street in the capital Baghdad on April 29, 2014. AFP/Ali Al-Saadi)

Iraq: Accusations of ‘foul play’ a day before elections

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...

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani speaks during a press conference in Ankara in this March 7, 2008, file photo. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)

Iraq: Kirkuk governor says President Talabani to return soon

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...

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani speaks during a press conference in Ankara in this March 7, 2008, file photo. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)

Missing Mam Jalal

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...

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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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Vehicles drive past a giant poster featuring Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is also the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) running as a candidate in the Kurdistan’s parliamentary elections on September 18, 2013 in Iraq’s northern city of Sulaimaniyah. (AFP/ PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Iraq: Talabani health in the spot-light again

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...