ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdish semi-autonomous region will abide by decisions made by the federal government of Iraq regarding US sanctions on neighboring Iran, a Kurdish official affirmed on Sunday. “The Kurdistan Region is part of Iraq,” the spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Safeen Dizayee, told Kurdistan 24. “Whatever the federal government of Iraq decides, the Kurdistan… Read more »
Recently, much of the news focus in the Middle East has been focused on a very specific series of events: the Khashoggi killing. While this focus is entirely justified, it does still cast some very significant headlines to the sidelines. I’m going to be focusing on the important news coming out of Iraq and Kurdistan, and things related to the… Read more »
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey would like to work more closely with Iraq to combat “terrorists.”
At least six people have been killed and 30 others wounded in a car bomb blast south of Mosul, police and medical sources said.
Editor’s note: Below is an abridged version of the interview with Bafel Talabani, which was conducted a day before the electoral commission announced the final results of the September 30 parliamentary vote in Iraq’s Kurdish region.
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was sworn in on Wednesday but could not announce the full cabinet after legislators failed to reach a consensus on key postings, including interior and defence.