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| Kurdistan president Barzani in Russia to attend St. Petersburg Economic Forum ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani left Wednesday for Moscow to participate in Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to presidential statement. A statement to the Kurdistan region's presidency said that on the side of the 2-day Forum, Barzani intends to meet many personalities and officials participating in the Forum. The forum will last for two days, where over 5000 personalities from 80 counties will participate. The statement added that after the Forum, Barzani will pay an official visit to Romania where he is to discuss bilateral relations and... Read More » Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief. June 20, 2013 PUK attack the Islamic Party and Sadrist movement. Khanaqin: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Diyala rejected on Thursday an agreement of the Iraqi Islamic Party and the Sadrist movement in Diyala with "unauthorized "candidate by it as deputy governor of Diyala province and considered that as a "plan" intended to "deprive" Kurds from the Presidency of the provincial Council. "After the elections of Iraq's provincial councils, intensive efforts have been made to attract the Kurdish list and make them participate in Diyala province lists ," A statement of the eighth center of PUK in Khanaqin... Read More »Hard life awaits Turkey's PKK fighters arriving in Iraqi Kurdistan: Former guerrilla ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Thirty-three-year-old Zalal knows from experience that guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), who are withdrawing from Turkey into bases in Iraqi Kurdistan as part of a peace deal with Ankara, will have a hard time adjusting to new lives as civilians. "They will have a very hard time," she says, after hearing news that the first groups of PKK fighters have arrived in Iraqi Kurdistan, where they were united with their families. Some 2,000 fighters are expected to leave Turkey as part of a peace process aimed at ending three decades of conflict that... Read More »Kurdish top PKK commander warns Turkish state sabotaging peace process QANDIL MOUNTAINS,— A top Kurdish militant commander warned on Wednesday a fragile peace process had been jeopardized by increased military activity and a lack of concrete steps by the government, including the continued detention of Kurdish politicians. Members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) began a withdrawal from Turkish Kurdish territory to bases in Iraq's Kurdistan region last month, part of a deal brokered between the state and the group's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan earlier this year aimed at ending a conflict that has claimed 40,000 lives since 1984. "The... Read More » | ||||
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