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Yezidi NGO resumes activities in northern Iraq after talks with Kurdish officials

The Yezidi NGO ‘Yazda’ announced that it was allowed to resume its activities after its facilities and projects were shut down by the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq in the beginning of January. 23 Jan 2017

US strongly reiterates ‘support for President Barzani and Peshmarga’

Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani on September 15, 2015 met with US Ambassador to Iraq Stuart E. Jones, US Presidential Deputy Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS Brett McGurk 21 Sep 2015

Syrian Kurdish refugees want Barzani to remain president

As the talks and meeting between the 5 main political parties in Kurdistan Region has not yet reached a solution regarding Region’s Presidency Law and extension of President Massoud Barzani’s period in office 21 Sep 2015

HDP’s spokesman hails KDP’s attempts for prompting peace

Ayhan Bilgen, the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) spokesperson talks about the importance of Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) delegation visit to his party's office in Ankara. 21 Sep 2015

Kurds and Baghdad struggle to control oil-rich Kirkuk

The Iraqi government summoned Kirkuk’s police chiefs to Baghdad for investigation after Kirkuk’s Kurdish Governor Najmaldin Karim sacked the local Iraqi intelligence head, Brigadier General Orhan Khalil, whose unit was accused of killing civilians. 21 Sep 2015

HDP's spokesman hails KDP's attempts to prompt peace

Ayhan Bilgen, the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) spokesperson talks about the importance of Kurdistan Democratic Party's delegation visit to his party's office in Ankara. 20 Sep 2015