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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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The president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, leaves the Elysée Palace in Paris on May 23, 2014, after a meeting with the French President.
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Barzani threatens referendum in Kurdistan if Maliki gets third term

by Hamza Mustafa | May 27, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, threatened on Monday to hold a referendum on renegotiating the autonomous region’s relationship with Baghdad if incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki wins a third term in...

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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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Workers from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count votes at an analysis center in Baghdad on May 3, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)

Iraq: Maliki ignores ISCI leader calls to reform National Alliance

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 4, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki rejected calls from the leader of the Shi’a Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) to reform the National Iraqi Alliance on Saturday. ISCI leader Ammar Al-Hakim called for the recreation of the Alliance, an...

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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)

Kurdistan Region close to forming government—local media

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Mar 27, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has denied that there is any difference of opinion between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani and Kurdish Prime Minister-elect Nechervan Barzani over the Interior Ministry...