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| Iraq's Kurdistan opposition: 'We will compete with president Barzani' SLÊMANÎ, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— If current Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani succeeds in his third, and some say illegal, nomination for President, then opposition parties say they will try to find an alternative candidate for their supporters to back. Ever since the founding of Iraqi Kurdistan's major opposition party, the Change Movement or Gorran, politics in the semi-autonomous region have been far more contentious. The two parties that had once fought one another but which had agreed to basically split power in Iraqi Kurdistan now had a real challenger And if not necessarily... Read More » Iraqi Kurdistan expects oil production at 1m barrels by 2015 ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Iraq's Kurdistan Region expects to produce one million barrels of oil per day (bpd) by 2015, an ambitious fivefold increase over current output, the autonomous northern enclave's natural resources minister says in a report. "One million barrels per day by 2015 is achievable with the existing discoveries," Ashti Hawrami predicts in a report released this week by Invest Group LLC. Current production of about 200,000 bpd is set to rise to 250,000 barrels by the end of 2013, with hopes of raising it to one million bpd by 2015. And by 2019, the Kurdistan Regional... Read More »Barzani is the Kurds' uniting figure with a unique role in their national issue: Analysis ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — Political figures confirm that the President of semi-independent region of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani has become a uniting figure for Kurds inside and outside Iraq and that he is the only Kurdish leader who accepts discussing issues related to Kurds in the region. History is full of sacrifices made by Barzani's family since the beginning of the last century in all of Iraq's Kurdistan and Iran in order to win the national rights of the Kurdish people that have been divided by Sykes-Picot agreement in four countries, namely Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. The division led to... Read More »Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief. June 7, 2013 Peshmerga forces' presence in Suleiman Bey and Tuz Khurmatu illegal: Expert. Baghdad: Legal expert Ali al-Timimi said here today that the presence of Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Suleiman Bey and Tuz Khurmatu without the approval of the federal government is contrary to terms of the constitution. In a statement he pointed out that the central government is responsible for the unity and security of Iraq. He added that this move will strengthen the differences between the center and the region, taking into consideration that Kurdistan is part of Iraq, under the supervision of Iraqi central parliament... Read More »Constitutional crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan Plans put forward by the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, for a referendum on a draft constitution have sparked criticisms that the veteran Kurdish leader is seeking a third term in office despite objections by opponents who say the controversial document imposes a two-term limit. Barzani's defiant move has also raised fears of a setback in the northern enclave that has been dubbed a paradise of political stability and economic growth in the sharply divided and violence-torn country. On 23 May, Barzani announced that he would call for the referendum and... Read More » | ||||
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