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Burham Salih, Deputy Secrtary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Burham Salih: Iraq needs “active” Arab regional role

by Ma'ad Fayad | Aug 30, 2014 | Interviews

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Burham Salih, former head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and a former deputy prime minister of Iraq, is able to walk the streets of the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah unencumbered by bodyguards. Such is the popularity and respect...

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Iranian revolutionary guard soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the Iraqi invasion in 1980, which led to an eight-year-long war (1980-1988) in Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2013. (EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh)

Elite Iranian force enters Iraq via Kurdistan: official

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jul 31, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A heavily armed Iranian military force landed at Sulaymaniyah International Airport this week, deploying to Kirkuk to defend Shi’a shrines from radical Sunni militants, an Iraqi Kurdish security source told Asharq Al-Awsat. A senior Kurdish...

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Jalal Talabani addresses a press conference in Baghdad in this March 2, 2009, file photo.

Talabani to return to Iraq as Kurds try to nominate successor

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jul 19, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ailing Iraqi President Jalal Al-Talabani will return to his country on Saturday after a year and a half in Germany receiving medical treatment, his Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party said Friday. The 80-year-old, who has been receiving...

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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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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani speaks during a press conference in Ankara in this March 7, 2008, file photo. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)

Iraq: Kirkuk governor says President Talabani to return soon

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Apr 22, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The governor of Kirkuk announced on Monday that Iraq’s president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, would return to Iraqi Kurdistan soon, after spending two years in hospital in Germany. Najmiddin Karim, a member of Talabani’s party, the Patriotic...