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Kurdish PM: Managing Mosul Will be Harder Than Liberating it

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 14, 2016 | Uncategorized

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani yesterday warned that managing Mosul will be more difficult than the ongoing operation to free it. In a speech that he made at a conference on tolerance and coexistence which began in Erbil...

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A handout picture released by the Prime Minister’s Office shows Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki casting his ballot during the Iraqi legislative election at a polling station in the green zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 30, 2014. (EPA/PRIME MINISTER)

Iraq: No signs of Maliki–Mutahidoun post-election rapprochement

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Erbil and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The UN Security Council called for the Iraqi leadership “to engage as quickly as possible, to form a government that represents the will and sovereignty of the Iraqi people,” after the polls closed in Wednesday’s legislative...

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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...

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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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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...