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NRT
February 5, 2018
A Kurdish lawmaker from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) faction in the Iraqi Parliament, Bakhtyar Shaways, told NRT that the Kurdish factions have prevented the budget bill from passing in the session. Shaways added the Kurdish lawmakers prevented the financial committee of the Iraqi parliamentÃÂ ...
NRT
February 5, 2018
SULAIMANI – The Iraqi parliament held a session on Monday (February 5) to discuss the country's 2018 budget bill despite apparent objection of Kurdish blocs over “unfair” share dedicated to the Kurdistan Region. Monday's session is second of its kind after the latest reading carried out a week ago whichÃÂ ...
Business Insider
February 5, 2018
Hamai Hama Seid, a senior Peshmerga commander and member of the Iraqi Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, said Kurdish IS militants take advantage of their knowledge of the language and region as well as strong cross-border ties. "There are definitely ties between the Iranian and Iraqi extremists on the two sidesÃÂ ...
NRT
February 4, 2018
Degala checkpoint, known as a border between the “Zones of Green and Yellow,” is the product of the civil war between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) that occurred from 1994-1998. During that time movement between Erbil and Sulaimani was harder thanÃÂ ...
Kurdistan24
February 2, 2018
Arez Abdullah, Head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, said all the issues between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi government, including budget and salaries of the employees, were addressed during the meeting. “The Kurdish blocs informedÃÂ ...
Rudaw
February 2, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has allied with an Arab list in Saladin province to run for Iraqi elections, a party member confirmed to Rudaw English. Head of the PUK organization office in Hamrin Mullah Karim Shakir told Rudaw English on Friday that they had joined theÃÂ ...
Rudaw
February 2, 2018
"We will be the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan if we win one seat, and we will be the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan if we win 100 seats," he said. "Neither in Iraq can anyone make a decision about the fate of the Kurdistan Region without the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, nor in the Kurdistan Region can any oneÃÂ ...
Rudaw
January 30, 2018
The position of Kirkuk governor was given to an Arab, replacing Kurdish governor Najmaldin Karim, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) who was ousted by Baghdad because of his support for the Kurdistan Region's independence referendum and decision to raise the Kurdistan flagÃÂ ...
NRT
January 29, 2018
SULAIMANI – Kurdish and Sunni lawmakers from the Iraqi parliament once again boycotted a session on the 2018 federal budget bill. The Iraqi Parliament held a session on Monday (January 29) to finish the first reading of the Iraqi federal budget, Kurdish lawmaker from the Patriotic Union of KurdistanÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
January 27, 2018
This was followed by the registration of the Kurdistan Peace List, which is an alliance between the KDP, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) — the traditional partners in the government — and the Communist Party of Kurdistan. Nevertheless, given the confusion surrounding the Kurdish political parties inÃÂ ...
Rudaw
January 21, 2018
SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – A senior member of the ruling Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said that they would like to send the Kurdish Peshmerga to help fellow Kurds in their “sacred resistance” against Turkey in Afrin, but this may not be possible given the current situation. “Countries of the region,ÃÂ ...
Rudaw
January 9, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan – A new candidate for the post of Kirkuk governor has been floated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) as the province remains in political limbo and objections were raised about the PUK's first nominee. The PUK and KDP expect to reach an agreement on the candidate soon. “The position of Kirkuk'sÃÂ ...
Rudaw
January 7, 2018
"We will be the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan if we win one seat, and we will be the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan if we win 100 seats," Bakhtiyar said as he explained that the PUK, like the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) with decades of struggles for the Kurdish cause, has great influence on the security forces and theÃÂ ...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is set to meet on Wednesday to discuss a number of issues including setting a date for the party congress, and elect an executive body to run the affairs until congress is held. The party has failed twice to meet, even though they scheduledÃÂ ...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
“Baghdad has two demands and the Kurdistan Region delegation was okay with both of them: jointly running the airports and returning their income to Baghdad,” said Nawzad Rasul, an MP with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in the Iraqi parliament, adding that dialogue is ongoing. “InternationalÃÂ ...
Kurdistan24
December 31, 1999
The blame was widely placed on some members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) leadership, which had been in charge of the province's protection over the past few years. “All necessary arrangements were made for the consolidation of the two brigades, emphasizing on the need for a united command under theÃÂ ...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
Adnan Mufti, leadership member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, said they are going to meet again on Thursday to finalize the plans for holding the congress including setting the date, following the death of the party's founder and head Jalal Talabani in early October. The PUK, one of the two rulingÃÂ ...
NRT
November 14, 2017
Bakhtyar Shaways, a Kurdish lawmaker from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) faction in the Iraqi Parliament, told NRT the removal of the ...
Voice of America
November 14, 2017
Behind the scenes, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the minority partner in the KRG government, had urged Barzani to delay the vote.
The Daily Star
November 14, 2017
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, in Sulaimaniyah, then accused the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party of then President Massoud Barzani ...
Al-Monitor
November 14, 2017
In the latest development, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) nominated a Kurdish candidate (the former head of the provincial council, ...
Al-Monitor
November 12, 2017
KDP [Kurdistan Democratic Party] and PUK [Patriotic Union of Kurdistan] leaders should at the least have resigned.” At the same time, Omar ...
Kurdistan24
November 11, 2017
Former Vice-President of the Kurdistan Region and first deputy Secretary-General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party Kosrat Rasul Ali. (Photo:Â ...
Los Angeles Times
October 29, 2017
It was taken this month after members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the region's top opposition party, forged an Iranian-brokered deal with ...
LobeLog
October 25, 2017
Refusing to take responsibility for the rout, Barzani blamed the Kurdish predicament on his political rival, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK.)Â ...
CNN
October 25, 2017
... president of Iraq and the eminence grise of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, or PUK, one of two shot-calling parties in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Rudaw
October 25, 2017
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region--Iraqi courts are seen as becoming a tool to punish political opponents and Kurdish officials are now the new targets ...
Rudaw
October 25, 2017
SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), whose leaders have received mounting criticism for the fall of Kirkuk, ...
Rudaw
October 24, 2017
... the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), of going ahead with the referendum without taking possible ...
Rudaw
October 22, 2017
On Sunday, the KDP and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) joined with 30 other political parties to state they will not give up on the ...
The Guardian
October 18, 2017
This week has seen thousands of Kurds fleeing the city of Kirkuk in the face of the advance of the Iraqi army. The scenes conjure up memories ...
The New Yorker
October 16, 2017
... Qassem Suleimani, Iran's chief spymaster, travelled to the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya to meet with the leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, ...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) held a memorial in Sulaimani on Friday for the party's late founder Jalal ...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
Leaders of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and some factions within the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) have blamed certain ...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
Mr Rasul issued a statement on Wednesday that criticised his own Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party amid reports that other leaders had ...
Iraqi News
September 10, 2017
Gen Haiwa Abdulla, deputy commander of southern Kirkuk axis, told the official website of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. “Army thenÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
September 10, 2017
... the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Jalal Talabani. According to Shadow Governance sources, the Talabani family controls the oil fields ofÃÂ ...
FRANCE 24
September 10, 2017
... the PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan). The two living Kurdish legends smile genially next to each other in the photograph even though in realÃÂ ...
Rudaw
September 10, 2017
... headed by Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, held a meeting with a senior delegation from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) headed byÃÂ ...
Rudaw
September 10, 2017
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is leading the talks while the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has set a goal of parliament sitting byÃÂ ...
Rudaw
September 10, 2017
Sherko Miways, a Kurdish official from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), said in a joint statement that the situation is calm now in the townÃÂ ...
NRT
September 9, 2017
Khoshnaw accused Peshmerga commander Mahmoud Sangawi, who is also a senior official from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),ÃÂ ...
Rudaw
September 8, 2017
File photo shows a Kurdish man hols the flags of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Gorran Movement in Sulaimani in 2014.
Al-Monitor
August 31, 2017
Turkey abruptly shut down the office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), which had been in Ankara since the 1990s, following the PKK'sÃÂ ...
NRT
August 28, 2017
The block is also intended to apply to the zone controlled by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). “According to order number 619 in AugustÃÂ ...
NRT
August 28, 2017
... capture of some members of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MIT) in northern Iraq, saying the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)ÃÂ ...
NRT
August 27, 2017
... Democratic Party (KDP), the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Gorran Party support wholeheartedly the independence of Kurdistan.
Rudaw
August 25, 2017
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the third largest party in Kurdistan, is expected to meet with Gorran to push one last time for aÃÂ ...
Foreign Affairs
August 25, 2017
The Kurdistan Region is split between the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). These parties fought aÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
August 23, 2017
... right time, when will be the right time for the referendum?" Sadi Ahmed Pire, a spokesman for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, told Al Jazeera.
