Massoud Barzani

A Message to the Kurds

Tariq Alhomayed is the Editor-in-Chief of Asharq Al-Awsat, the youngest person to be appointed that position. Mr. Alhomayed has an acclaimed and distinguished career as a Journalist and has held many key positions in the field...

Iraq's prime minister, president in public quarrel

Iraq's presidential council has taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the Shiite prime minister after he berated them for their opposition to councils of loyal tribesmen in several Iraqi provinces.

The AK Party’s Kurdish policy

There has been a disagreement and row for a while between the AK Party and the intellectuals asking for further democracy in Turkey. The speech delivered by the Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül in Brussels, remarks by Prime...

ANKARA: Turkey And The US Under Obama - Yes They Can

TURKEY AND THE US UNDER BARACK OBAMA - YES THEY CAN Turkish Daily News November 17, 2008 Monday ANKARA As people across the globe celebrated last weeks election of Barack Obama, Americas first African-American president, locals...

Kurdish lawmaker speaks about differences with Baghdad

Compromise is key to making any headway against impenetrable differences. Some of the disputes between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi federal government could possibly be settled during Prime Minister...

Iraq-Turkey-US committee meets on terror, Kurds included

The Iraqi government announced on Wednesday that senior Iraqi, Turkish and US officials have decided to form a joint committee to combat the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has bases in Iraq.

IRAN: Tehran warily eyeing Iraq-U.S. deal

Within official quarters in Washington, Baghdad and Tehran these days, lots of eyeballs are zeroing in on the process of hammering out a Status of Forces of Agreement that would legitimize the presence of United States troops...

[MONDAY TALK]Altan Tan: Kurds’ love affair with AK Party ending

Kurdish intellectual and writer Altan Tan has said that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is not the same AK Party that the Kurds fell in love with and that sooner or later there will be alternatives to it.

Iraq in for season of change

Gulf News In a clear call to reinstate the Iraqi government's authority, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki stressed in a speech last week the importance of mending relations between the different Iraqi regions and...

Draft of proposed Iraqi security agreement with US 'positive'

Baghdad: The Iraqi government said on Saturday it expects a vote in the cabinet on the proposed security pact with the US in the next 48 hours, following an agreement reached by the major parties. "There is an accord among...