President Bush. It's my honor to welcome President Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to the Oval Office. He's a man of courage. He's a man who has stood up to a tyrant.
The major source of contention was provisions declaring oil-rich Kirkuk and a number of other areas deemed disputed territories to be "historically" and "geographically" part of the Kurdish homeland. Those areas are currently outside the jurisdiction of the Kurdish government. Although [Joe Biden] had planned to visit the north to meet with senior Kurdish leaders Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, a severe sandstorm prevented his plane from taking off. But after returning to Washington, the vice president called Barzani and Talabani to press "the need to reach a resolution on Iraq's outstanding reconciliation issues," according to a statement from Biden office on Jul. 7. It was Iraq's Shi'a Arab Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who gave near confirmation of the U.S. influence. In an inte...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On 15 July 2010, a fire at the Hotel Soma in the city of Sulimanya caused the death of 28 people and injured 22. The dead comprised 14 Iraqi nationals and 14 foreign nationals. The foreign nationals were from Canada, Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ecuador, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Bangladesh, and Cambodia. One victim remained to be identified. The President of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, issued a statement of condolence and asked the authorities of the KRG to investigate the causes of the fire and to take steps to prevent the reoccurrence of such a tragedy. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al- Maliki has called the KRG Prime Minister Barham Salih with a message of sympathy and an offer of help...
A senior Kurdish official warned Thursday that security gains in Iraq could evaporate if American troops withdraw on schedule in two years without a political accord among Sunni Arabs, Shi'ite Arabs and Kurds. We are facing a huge, huge problem" in that event, said Fuad Hussein, chief of staff to the president of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, Massoud Barzani.
IRBIL, Iraq -- The most senior leader in Iraq's Kurdish region appeared to raise the stakes in the standoff over northern Iraq on Friday, warning Turkey that the region would defend itself against any cross-border military strike on rebel bases. The tough line taken by the Kurdish region's president, Massoud Barzani, further stoked worries that a Turkish incursion could ignite a wider cycle of conflict and unrest in one of the few stable corners of Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hours before a midnight deadline, Shiites and Kurds reached an agreement today on a draft constitution and were trying to persuade Sunni Arabs to go along with their compromises, officials said. Negotiators met for about three hours this morning and convened again shortly after 4 p.m. at the home of Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani in the Green Zone for talks Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman said would "be decisive." He said there was some progress in the earlier session.
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