Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Kurdish National Council | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
Select Page
Media ID: 55325526
Caption:

Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani (C) gives a press conference with Diyarbakir’s Mayor Osman Baydemir (3rd-R), Turkish deputy Leyla Zana (2nd-L) on November 17, 2013, in Diyarbakir. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the leader of Iraq’s autonomous north Massud Barzani to his country’s own Kurdish-dominated territory for the first time on November 16, in a visit designed to kickstart a stalled peace process. AFP PHOTO /MEHMET ENGIN


Syrian Kurds fail to agree on Geneva II

Syrian Kurds fail to agree on Geneva II

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Negotiations between Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani and delegations from the Kurdish National Council (KNC) and the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) have failed to reach agreement on a formula for attending the...
Media ID: 55325045
Caption:

Prime Minister of the Syrian opposition’s interim government Ahmed Tu’mah, speaks at the National Coalition of Syrian and Revolution and Opposition Forces ahead of his election to the post on September 14, 2013 (AFP)


Tu’mah on Geneva II

Tu’mah on Geneva II

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Ahmed Tu’mah, the prime minister of the Syrian opposition’s interim government, looks toward the Geneva II peace conference and explains why his coalition will not accept embattled Syrian president Bashar...