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Prime Minister of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, Nechervan Barzani, speaks during a press conference in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil on September 18, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED)
by Sherzad Shekhani | Jan 9, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Kurdistan’s third-largest political party will nominate the son of the Iraqi president as the Kurdistan Regional Government’s deputy prime minister, as the country remains in deadlock over the formation of a new government, a source close...
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Massoud Barzani (R), president of the Kurdish regional government, and Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani talk while attending a gathering of their supporters before the regional parliament election in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, June 24, 2009.
(REUTERS/Azad Lashkari)
by Sherzad Shekhani | Mar 21, 2013 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A war of words between different Kurdish political camps has escalated against the backdrop of a lack of cash flow into Kurdistan government banks, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt. The leadership of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by...
