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Vehicles drive past a giant poster featuring Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is also the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) running as a candidate in the Kurdistan’s parliamentary elections on September 18, 2013 in Iraq’s northern city of Sulaimaniyah. (AFP/ PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Iraq: Talabani health in the spot-light again

by Sherzad Shekhani | Oct 23, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The health of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was a subject of some speculation once more this week after Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party spokesman, Azad Jindiyani, said that Talabani would remain head of the party “as long as he is...

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Iraqi Kurdish security forces gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in Arbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region, on September 29, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED)

Kurdistan: ISIS attack on security base was attempted prison break

by Sherzad Shekhani | Oct 8, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Last month’s suicide attack on the headquarters of the Security Directorate in Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, which the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for, was intended to free ISIS-linked prisoners, Asharq...

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Kurdish security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in the city of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, about 217 miles (350 km) north of Baghdad, on September 29, 2013. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari)

Erbil governor: Al-Qaeda may be behind Sunday car bombings

by Sherzad Shekhani | Sep 30, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Interior Ministry and the Security Department of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil came under attack on Sunday, resulting in six deaths and 42 injuries. Eyewitnesses said two car bombs driven by suicide attackers detonated...

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Employees of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) take part in vote counting at an analysis centre in Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, about 230 miles north of Baghdad, on September 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani)

Kurdistan parliamentary elections preliminary results show KDP ahead

by Sherzad Shekhani | Sep 23, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The preliminary results of Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Kurdistan have suggested that the opposition Movement for Change (Gorran) has made significant gains in areas known to be strongholds of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)....

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An Iraqi Kurd woman casts her vote into a ballot box during regional parliamentary elections at a polling station in Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, about 350 km (217 miles) north of Baghdad, September 21, 2013. (Reuters)

Iraqi Kurds head to the polls

by Sherzad Shekhani | Sep 21, 2013 | Middle East

Suleimaniyah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Kurds went to the polls on Saturday to vote for a new parliament, with analysts expecting the results to produce a massive upheaval in the makeup of the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG). These are the first parliamentary elections...