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Sputnik International
January 24, 2018
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is led by Jalal Talabani while the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is commanded by Massoud Barzani. They have shared power in the Kurdish regional government but in elections in 2013 the Change Movement, led by Nawshirwan Mustafa, made considerableÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
January 22, 2018
The decision by Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani to retire from political life, and the death of former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who had a Kurdish background too, has weakened the Kurds. So far the camp has been unable to regain its former power. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and KurdistanÃÂ ...
Arab News
January 4, 2018
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and ex-President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani greet people during a ceremony in Diyarbakir. (Reuters/file). Related Articles. Turkey says ready to help Iraq to oust Kurdish fighters ÷ Kurd rebels in Iraq mountains shrug off Turkey-Iran threats ÷ Turkeyà...
Gulf Today
December 31, 2017
Prospects are poor for the emergence of a peaceful and secure Iraq during 2018. Baghdad continues to exert control over the restive Kurdish region which had gained near-independence until the Kurds voted for secession last September. The Iraqi government has cracked down and the Kurdish region isÃÂ ...
Al-Arabiya
December 27, 2017
25, the Iraqi federal government kept calling the Kurdistan region to resolve their differences through negotiations, but the Kurdish Regional Government — especially under its former president Massoud Barzani — kept rejecting all calls for any negotiations before “the Kurdish people decide through theÃÂ ...
The Daily Star
December 18, 2017
In the wake of the overwhelming “yes” vote – pushed through by veteran regional leader Massoud Barzani despite international condemnation – federal forces retook swaths of disputed territory from the Kurds. It also banned direct flights to Kurdistan and demanded control over border crossings. The loss ofÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
December 14, 2017
KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and his deputy, Qubad Talabani, would have complied completely with the court's ruling, the source said, but former KRG President Massoud Barzani and his son, Masrour Barzani, chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council, are the main obstacles; theyÃÂ ...
Tablet Magazine
September 29, 2017
I jump in again, thinking about those who suspected Barzani of organizing the referendum so as to extend his time in office. I remind him of one of the last times we saw each other. It was on the front lines the evening before his offensive against the Islamic State in Sinjar. On that occasion, this pro-western,ÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi now faces a potential rapprochement between two of his rivals: Vice President Nouri al-Maliki and Massoud Barzani. Maliki is the current leader of the Islamic Dawa Party, and Barzani is head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and former president of the KurdistanÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
25 independence referendum called by the KRG's then-President Massoud Barzani has, however, made any Kurdish state unlikely for the near future. Wadis, small caves and other physical features of the Hamrin Mountains make it an ideal hiding place. It was where civilians escaped to from Hawija whileÃÂ ...
The New Arab
December 31, 1999
The announcement comes after Iraqi-Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani gave up his presidency on November 1, after the independence referendum he pushed for backfired and triggered military action by Baghdad. Iraqi troops were ordered by the country's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to seize disputedÃÂ ...
Kurdistan24
December 1, 2017
Senators call on President Trump to support Kurds against Iran. Supporters of Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani wave flags and chant slogans at a rally in Erbil for an upcoming vote on independence. (Photo: Getty Images). US Sentaors Kurdistan. A+ A A-. WASHINGTON DC, United States (Kurdistan24) – Sen. Jim Inhofe (RÂ ...
Pakistan Observer
November 30, 2017
Ali al-Husseini, a spokesman for the Popular Mobilization Units – commonly known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha'abi, said on Tuesday that Najmiddin Karim was receiving 10 million dollars from the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Massoud Barzani, over petroleum smuggling, ...
BBC News
November 20, 2017
... it was preparing to take control of Iraqi Kurdistan's only border crossings with Turkey and Syria. The Kurdish setbacks also led regional President Massoud Barzani to step down. In a bitter TV address announcing his resignation earlier this month, he defended the controversial referendum he had called.
Asharq Al-awsat English
November 16, 2017
Iraq's Kurdistan region's President Massoud Barzani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Erbil, Iraq July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari. Baghdad - Asharq Al-Awsat. Despite political parties in Baghdad welcoming Iraqi Kurdistan government acceptance of the Federal Court interpretation, ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation
November 14, 2017
... the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) party of then President Massoud Barzani, based in the capital Erbil, of not sharing the oil wealth.
Al-Monitor
November 13, 2017
Massoud Barzani, the president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, is being blamed for the aftermath of the referendum that saw Iraqi security forces ...
Al-Monitor
November 12, 2017
However, they disagree considerably on the responsibility for the loss of Kirkuk. Rointan said that Iran is to blame for what happened in Kirkuk and that former Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani should remain in a leadership role in the party. On the strategy of Kurdish parties in Iran, he said it will ...
Al-Monitor
November 12, 2017
Rointan said that Iran is to blame for what happened in Kirkuk and that former Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani should remain in a ...
The Daily Star
November 11, 2017
1, 2017, President Massoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government, in accordance with legislation passed by the Kurdistan Parliament ...
The Daily Star
November 10, 2017
1, 2017, President Massoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government, in accordance with legislation passed by the Kurdistan Parliament several days before, stepped down and devolved many of the powers of his office jointly to his nephew Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Deputy Prime Minister ...
Middle East Eye
November 7, 2017
The turmoil extended to President Massoud Barzani's resignation announcement last Sunday. Violence across Iraqi Kurdistan followed, ...
Syria Direct
November 6, 2017
Current President Nechirvan Barzani took power last week after his uncle, Massoud Barzani, resigned from office. The Barzani name is almost ...
Qantara.de
November 6, 2017
Iraqi Kurdish President Massoud Barzani has left office, leaving his nephew to reconcile with the central government in Baghdad, with regional ...
Center for Research on Globalization
November 5, 2017
Today, a month later, Massoud Barzani, the US and Israel-backed Kurd leader, is facing a major loss of powers from the Iraq Kurd Parliament.
Intelligence Online
November 1, 2017
According to Intelligence Online's sources, Massoud Barzani and his son Masrour Barzani, the Kurdish Autonomous Region's spymaster (IOLÂ ...
Prensa Latina
November 1, 2017
Erbil, Iraq, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Iraqi autonomous region of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, left the post today and left his ...
10News
October 30, 2017
The leader of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region is stepping down after a failed push for independence. Massoud Barzani made the ...
Al-Monitor
October 30, 2017
Despite the decision by the Kurdistan Regional Government's President Massoud Barzani to step down, Turkish hostility toward him and his ...
Los Angeles Times
October 29, 2017
An independence referendum held by Iraq's Kurds last month was supposed to reinvigorate the long-held dream of an independent Kurdistan. Instead, it reversed — perhaps irrevocably — their aspirations for statehood. It was a gamble on which 71-year-old Massoud Barzani, the veteran Kurdish leader ...
BBC News
October 29, 2017
Iraqi Kurdish president Massoud Barzani is to step down as the region wrestles with Baghdad over independence. In a bitter TV address, ...
Middle East Monitor
October 25, 2017
... Parliament has also decided to freeze the work of the region's presidential committee” which includes President Massoud Barzani his deputy ...
Al-Monitor
October 25, 2017
KRG President Massoud Barzani and the KRG leadership realized they were losing ground and that time was not on their side, a longtime ...
CNN
October 24, 2017
(CNN) Two weeks ago, one of Iraq's top security officials asked a trusted Kurdish intermediary to deliver a message to Massoud Barzani, ...
Aljazeera.com
October 23, 2017
A Kurdish opposition group that opposed the recent referendum on secession from Iraq, on account of poor timing, has called for the Kurdistan ...
Turkey Telegraph
October 18, 2017
The so-called ' great Kurdistan ' adventure, which he trusts to US and Israel, seems to be end of ' Wild is ' Massoud Barzani. "Kak Massoud's ...
BBC News
October 18, 2017
On Tuesday, Kurdish Regional President Massoud Barzani called for peace and vowed to keep working towards Kurdish independence.
BBC News
October 17, 2017
On Tuesday, Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani released a statement calling for peace and pledging to keep working towards independence.
Daily Sabah
October 17, 2017
In this Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 file photo, the leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, speaks to reporters during a press ...
Socialist Worker Online
October 17, 2017
Massoud Barzani previously declared in a 2005 interview with the Saudi daily al-Hayat: "Establishing ties between the Kurds and Israel is not a ...
BBC News
October 17, 2017
The Peshmerga General Command, which is led by President Massoud Barzani of the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), accused ...
Mintpress News (blog)
October 9, 2017
One week after Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani held his referendum on Kurdish independence from Iraq (with both the referendum and ...
Al-Monitor
October 6, 2017
The assumption was that the de facto head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Massoud Barzani, was only maneuvering to ...
Intelligence Online
October 3, 2017
Targeted by Tehran, Istanbul and Baghdad, Massoud Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, has negotiated a common ...
Quartz
October 2, 2017
... will be fulfilled. After a months-long preparation by Iraqi Kurdish President Massoud Barzani to organize an independence referendum for the ...
Tablet Magazine
September 29, 2017
I jump in again, thinking about those who suspected Barzani of organizing the referendum so as to extend his time in office. I remind him of one ...
Al-Monitor
September 26, 2017
The report continued, “[Kurdistan Region President Massoud] Barzani, as he himself says, seeks to establish an independent state in Iraq ...
The National
September 21, 2017
Iraqi Kurdish president Massoud Barzani at a rally ahead of the upcoming September 25th independence referendum. Ako Rasheed / Reuters.
TODAYonline
September 20, 2017
DUBAI - Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it hoped Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani would not hold an independence referendum, saying ...
Hurriyet Daily News
September 17, 2017
Turkey has accused Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) leader Massoud Barzani of “dissolving Iraq,” vowing to take “all necessary ...
