Iraq’s upcoming elections could mark a turning point in regional dynamics as Iran’s influence wanes with early signs of ...

On March 16, 1988, the town of Halabja in northern Iraq experienced unspeakable horror. It was the day Saddam Hussein ...

Iraq’s Kurdistan regional president Nechirvan Barzani on Thursday welcomed jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan’s call for the ...

The PUK is in favour of the four-constituency system ... the [country's] political process," it warned. The UN mission in Iraq called on "all parties to work in the interest of the people ...

“We notice a growing interest to enhance the Kurdish presence in Baghdad through parliament,” said Aso Faraidoon, an MP from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK ... on Iraq in the upcoming ...

The KDP and PUK have dominated Iraqi Kurdish politics ... but eventually it too became largely a political vehicle for late former Iraq President Jalal Talabani and his family.

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In January, David Litt, a U.S. State Department official visited northern Iraq. In his meeting with the Kurdish leadership, he urged the PUK and the KDP to accept the Iraqi National Congress as ...

1975-2017 – Secretary General of the PUK. 1976 – Is involved in armed resistance ... November 1-30, 2003 – President of Iraq’s Governing Council. This position rotates monthly and nine ...