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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki meets with Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani in Baghdad, July 7, 2013. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
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Massoud Barzani (portrait), the president of the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, wave the party’s flag (R) and the Kurdish flag (L) as he delivers a speech in the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Arbil on May 26, 2013. AFP/Safin Hamed)
KRG presidential elections a damp squib as nomination deadline approaches
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the deadline for nominations for the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government [KRG] presidential election fast approaches, no Kurdistan political party or figure has thrown their hat into the ring. The KRG presidential elections are scheduled to...Caption:
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
Maliki visit to Erbil revives reconciliation hopes
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki is set to visit Erbil next Sunday to meet with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) leadership, reviving hopes of reconciliation between the Baghdad and Erbil governments. The Iraqi cabinet is set to convene...Caption:
Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) congratulate each other after arriving in the Heror area, northeast of Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/ Ceerwan Aziz)
Second deployment of PKK fighters arrives in Iraq
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The second deployment of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters withdrawing from Turkish territory have arrived in Iraqi Kurdistan, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Bakhtiar Dogan, a spokesman for the People’s Defense Force (HPG)—the armed...Caption:
This photo taken on Tuesday May 7, 2013 and provided by Firat News Agency on Wednesday May 8, 2013 shows a rebel of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Turkey close to the border with Iraq. (AP Photo/Firat News Agency)