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Iraqi special forces soldiers drive in a desert near Mosul, Iraq October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Dozens of ISIS Leaders Escape from Iraq to Syria

by Dalshad Abdullah | Feb 16, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil – Several ISIS commanders and their families are escaping from Mosul through Tal Afar and al-Baaj to Syria after managing to break the siege imposed by militias of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) around Tal Afar. Sheikh of al-Shammar Tribe had confirmed that...

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Iranian Delegation Fails to Reconcile the Talabani Conflict

by Dalshad Abdullah | Sep 6, 2016 | World

Erbil – The Iranian military and security delegation that arrived to Sulaymaniyah governorate for reconciling members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) had left to Tehran without any progress. The delegation was formed of members of Iranian Revolutionary Guard...

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An Iraqi Kurdish man leaves a voting booth before casting his ballot during the Kurdistan’s legislative election at a polling station on September 21, 2013 in the northern Kurdish city of Arbil. (AFP/ PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Kurdistan Islamic Group accuses PUK of delaying new government

by Sherzad Shekhani | Dec 30, 2013 | Middle East

Ebil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ali Bapir, the leader of the Kurdistan Islamic Group, has accused the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of delaying the formation of a government in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, three months after the end of the elections. In an interview with...

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PUK Deputy Secretary General Dr. Barham Saleh. (Asharq Al-Awsat file photo)

Barham Saleh downplays succession rumors

by Sherzad Shekhani | May 15, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The post of president of Iraq has sparked a new crisis in country, with elements within the government calling for the need to name a replacement for President Jalal Talabani, currently recuperating in Germany from a stroke he suffered last...

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Iraqi anti-government gunmen from Sunni tribes in the western Anbar province march during a protest in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on April 26, 2013. (AFP Photo/Azhar Shallal)

Senior Iraqi Officers Accused of Hawijah Massacre

by Hamza Mustafa and Sherzad Shekhani | Apr 28, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Burham Salih, Deputy Secretary-General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), has come out to condemn the killing of unnamed civilians in Hawijah. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said: “We in the leadership of the PUK are...