Iraq: Kurdistan president repeats call for Halabja to become p...

Erbil / NINA / PM of the Kurdistan Region Government Nachervan Barzani confirmed on Friday the Region desire to tackle the problems with Baghdad through dialogue, understanding and under the Constitution. Barzani expressed, during a meeting with ...

In late February, The Jerusalem Post spoke to prominent Kurdish leader Zubeyir Aydar in the Brussels offices of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK). Aydar's official title is president of the Kongra-Gel (Kurdistan Peoples Congress). Put more ...

IRBIL, March 7 (KUNA) -- The President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani announced on Friday start of procedures to transform Halabja city into a governorate without referring to the Iraqi central government in Baghdad. Barzani ...

A beautiful spring day in Iraqi Kurdistan, Runak Faraj, chairwoman of Women's Media and Education Centre (WMEC), accompany me and my colleagues Bayan and Hadeel to the new government shelter

By Daren Butler DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, March 7 (Reuters) - The face of jailed Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan briefly beamed down from billboards in southeast Turkey until police tore down the posters, a mark of official unease over his enduring ...

A Turkish soldier has been killed by an explosive device in southeastern Turkey, the first such death since Kurdish fighters declared a ceasefire a year ago, security sources said. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) called the truce in March 2013 to ...

Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has denied claims that the alleged parallel structure within the Turkish state has a wiretapping base in the autonomous region, saying that reports don't reflect the truth as there is no such a ...

Genel Energy Plc (GENL.L,GEGYF.PK), the largest independent oil producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, reported Thursday that its fiscal 2013 pre-tax profit surged to $186.5 million from last year's $75.9 million. Earnings per share climbed to ...

Genel Energy Plc (GENL) , the biggest oil and gas operator in Kurdistan, said its output this year will be higher than currently estimated if the Kurds and Iraq 's central government agree on oil exports to Turkey . Officials from the ...