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Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, center, welcomes British Foreign Secretary William Hague, right, in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan, on June 27, 2014. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

Baghdad must accept Kirkuk is now part of Kurdistan—KRG official

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 30, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The federal government in Baghdad must now accept that Kirkuk is a part of the autonomous Kurdistan region, a senior Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) official has said, echoing earlier comments by Kurdish President Massoud Barzani. Speaking...

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Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani (R) greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the presidential palace in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan autonomous region, on June 24, 2014. (Reuters/Brendan Smialowski)

Kerry calls on Kurds to support Baghdad

by Hamza Mustafa | Jun 24, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—US Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with Iraqi Kurdish leaders in Erbil on Tuesday, calling on the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to stand with the embattled central government in Baghdad against the advancing...

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Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers preparing for deployment in the battle against the militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in mid-June 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Hannah Lucinda Smith)

Warnings on Iraq ISIS attack ignored—KRG official

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Jun 20, 2014 | Features

Jaloula, Asharq Al-Awsat—Intelligence and security officials in Iraq’s Kurdish region say they warned Baghdad and Western intelligence agencies six months ago about an impending attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Rooz Bahjay, a senior security...

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Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Arbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, May 12, 2014. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari)

Iraq: Kurds seek unity ahead of election results

by Mohamed Zangeneh | May 18, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Massoud Barzani, met with representatives of several Kurdish parties on Saturday in a bid to unify Kurdish ranks two days before Iraq’s general election results are set to be...

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A vendor displays material used for traditional Kurdish costumes at a market on February 23, 2014 in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

Baghdad money squeeze tests limits of Iraqi Kurdistan’s autonomy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 18, 2014 | Business

Erbil, Reuters—Rizgar pulled one of his wife’s bracelets from his pocket and laid it on a gold merchant’s counter in Iraq’s Kurdistan region at the weekend, reluctantly selling it to cover his bills. The electricity ministry in Kurdistan had not paid...