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Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain Al-Shahristani (L) speaks during a joint news conference with Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz in Baghdad December 1, 2013 (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)

Turkey oil deal with Kurdistan must go through Baghdad: Iraqi oil minister

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Dec 3, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s central government rejected attempts to include it in a trilateral committee to discuss oil exports from the Kurdistan region through Turkey on Monday, following the signing of an export agreement between the Kurdistan Regional...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Nechervan Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, pose for photographers before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on November 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Kayhan Ozer, Turkish Prime Minister’s Press Office)

Turkish sources confirm oil export deal with Kurdistan region

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Dec 1, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish sources have confirmed the signing of agreements between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, allowing the export of oil and gas directly through Turkey, despite criticism of the move in Baghdad and Washington....

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File photo of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) politburo spokesman Fadel Mirani. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iraqi Kurdistan: KDP–PUK alliance still going strong

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Nov 30, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—In exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) politburo spokesman Fadel Mirani reaffirmed his party’s commitment to “the strategic agreement with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK.)” Mirani dismissed reports that...

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Iraq’s Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani speaks to the media after voting in Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, on September 21, 2013. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)

Kurdistan: PM Barzani faces the heat over Erbil–Ankara oil deal

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Nov 27, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—An expected Erbil–Ankara oil export deal has come under fire from political opponents in Kurdistan, with MPs labeling the deal “illegal.” Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) caretaker Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani arrived in Ankara...

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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 Islamic Group in talks to join KDP-led government

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Nov 22, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Islamic Group is in talks with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to form a government in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region following September’s parliamentary elections, the group’s leader, Ali Bapir, told Asharq Al-Awsat...