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Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani smiles during an interview with Reuters in Arbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad June 2, 2013. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari.)

Kurdistan parties gear up for government formation

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Feb 15, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdistan region government parties moved closer to forming a new cabinet this week following high-level meetings between Kurdish political leaders. Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani, representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),...

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Female Kurdish deputies are pictured outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on November 6, 2013. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

Kurdistan: MPs express dismay as political deadlock continues

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Jan 19, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Kurdistan’s main parties are facing increasing pressure over the current political stalemate, with several MPs planning to hold a sit-in on Tuesday to protest against delays in the formation of the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),...

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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)

Source: New Kurdistan government formula agreed

by Sherzad Shekhani | Jan 16, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following weeks of negotiations, the new Kurdistan Region Government (KRG), led by prime minister-designate Nechervan Barzani, could be announced as early as next week. A senior member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) informed Asharq...

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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)

Report: New Kurdistan Region Government to be announced soon

by Sherzad Shekhani | Dec 31, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following denials by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) that it was responsible for the hold-up in the formation of the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), local media reported that a new Erbil government was taking shape and may be...

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Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (R) speaks with Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami (L) at the Iraq-Kurdistan Oil and Gas Conference at Arbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, December 2, 2013 (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari)

Turkey oil minister hopes for Baghdad–Erbil agreement soon

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 4, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The issue of oil exports from the Iraqi Kurdistan region has continued to make the headlines in Iraq following talks between Ankara, Baghdad and Erbil over the last few days about recent oil export agreements between Turkey and Iraqi...