Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Iraqi Kurdish electoral workers count votes at a polling station in the northern city of Erbil on September 21, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Iraqi Kurdistan: Elections promise KDP victory

by Ma'ad Fayad | Sep 22, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil/Suleimaniyah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The people of the Iraqi Kurdistan region went to the polls on Saturday to elect new representatives to the Parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) prime minister, Nechervan Barzani, and his wife were...

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A cavern engineer inspects the connection to gas pipes of the new natural gas storage in Jemgum, Germany, 12 September 2013 (EPA/INGO WAGNER)

Turkish company plans major gas import deal with Kurdistan Region

by Sherzad Shekhani | Sep 16, 2013 | Business

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish sources say the Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Turkey has given a Turkish company permission to purchase natural gas from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq despite objections from the Iraqi central government. A report in the Turkish...

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Nechervan Barzani, prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdish provinces (KRG)

Nechervan Barzani: The View from Erbil

by Ma'ad Fayad | Apr 6, 2013 | Interviews

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Until recently, the Kurds of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq referred to Nechervan Barzani as prime minister, but today they call him Kaka Nechervan, or Brother Nechervan. In the eyes of many, he is responsible not only for the region’s economic...