"President Barzani’s leadership in facilitating dialogue between Kurdish factions are crucial in achieving long-term ...

Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan, who formed a delegation as part of the ambitious terror-free Türkiye initiative, are ...

The discussions will center on the outcomes of their meetings with Ocalan and the prospects of launching a renewed peace ...

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A pro-Kurdish delegation that recently met jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan twice will visit the ...

Barzani died in 1979 and the leadership of the re- founded KDP was passed to his son, Massoud Barzani. But a new force had already emerged in Kurdish politics when Jalal Talabani left the KDP to ...

“You have been a strong ally,” former US Secretary of State John Kerry told President Masoud Barzani; “Your Peshmerga forces have performed bravely and I honor their sacrifices.” Although ...

group led by Masoud Barzani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) group led by Jalal Talabani. The original plan was for the US Army to establish a large northern front in Kurdistan and advance ...

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