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In this 2007 file photo, Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani talks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraq’s leaders set to sign honor code in the absence of Talabani

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 18, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Vice-President Khodair Al-Khozaei has announced that the leaders of Iraq and the country’s political blocs will sign a “national honor code” on Thursday, in an attempt to end the country’s political crisis, saying at the same time that...

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A picture taken on September 12, 2013 shows an Iraqi Kurdish man walking past electoral campaign posters of candidates running in the Kurdistan parliament election, in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. (AFP)

Kurdistan: PUK rallies support as elections approach

by Sherzad Shekhani | Sep 18, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, has sought to rally support as the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) elections enter its final week. The PUK named the final week of election campaigning the...

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In this 2007 file photo, Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani talks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraq: Talabani’s continued absence stirs controversy

by Sherzad Shekhani | Sep 11, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The secrecy surrounding the fate of the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has raised a storm of controversy among the upper echelons of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), with the party’s leaders questioning the validity of reports and...

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Iraqi people celebrate after United Nations announced the end of sanctions imposed on Iraq, in Baghdad, June 27, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani.

Kurdistan parliament welcomes Iraq removal from Chapter VII

by Sherzad Shekhani | Jun 29, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament welcomed Iraq’s exit from its obligations under Chapter VII of the UN Charter after the UN Security Council unanimously agreed to resolution 2017 on Thursday. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat Tariq Jawhar...

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PUK Deputy Secretary General Dr. Barham Saleh. (Asharq Al-Awsat file photo)

Barham Saleh downplays succession rumors

by Sherzad Shekhani | May 15, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The post of president of Iraq has sparked a new crisis in country, with elements within the government calling for the need to name a replacement for President Jalal Talabani, currently recuperating in Germany from a stroke he suffered last...