Masoud Barzani


Thu Dec 15, 2005 - 6:04 AM ET

Kurdish regional president and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani drops his ballot at a polling station in the northern city of Arbil December 15, 2005. A steady stream of Iraqi voters walked to polling stations nationwide on Thursday to elect their first full-time parliament since Saddam Hussein's overthrow, ignoring sporadic violence such as a mortar attack in Baghdad. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari


  

Iraq's president warns of civil war after bombings



Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:43 AM ET
By Ross Colvin and Mariam Karouny

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's president pressed political parties on Monday to accelerate efforts to form a broad government to arrest a slide into civil war after bomb blasts in a Baghdad Shi'ite slum killed 52 people.


  

Syria's Assad pardons Kurd rioters


From correspondents in Damascus, Syria March 31, 2005
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad, in a bid to fortify national unity, today pardoned 312 Syrian Kurds accused of taking part in riots.

  

Turkey's Kurds set up new party


ANKARA, Nov 9 (AFP) - 16h02 - Leading Kurdish activists set up a new political party in Turkey on Wednesday, pledging to work to resolve the Kurdish conflict through peaceful means.


  

Top Iraqi Kurd refuses to meet Rice



 Tuesday December 18, 2007

The president of Iraq's Kurdish region is refusing to meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was in Iraq Tuesday, because of the US position over Turkey sending soldiers into northern Iraq, a top Kurdish official said.


  

Iraq's Talabani asks for help from Arabs, Latam


BRASILIA, Brazil, May 11 (Reuters) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on his first overseas trip since Iraq held elections, urged South American and Arab nations to help his country's reconstruction with investment.

  

Analysis: Turkey pits U.S. against Kurds



January 10, 2008 | By BEN LANDO UPI Energy Editor

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Turkey's president made it clear during his visit to Washington this week that his country will continue a hard-line approach in dealing with the Kurdish guerrilla campaign in his country and ensuring Kirkuk, Iraq's oil-rich northern city, doesn't fall under control of Iraq's Kurds.


  

Barzani meets with Bush, Rice in Washington



Thursday, 30 October 2008 | By Suzanne De Rouen

Iraq-U.S. security pact dominates Barzani's talks with Rice, while the Kurdistan president touched upon several topics with Bush.


  

Turkey Retreats From Threats To Invade Iraq



October 19, 2007 | BY ELI LAKE - Staff Reporter of the Sun

WASHINGTON — Turkey is backing down from its threats to launch an incursion into northern Iraq after intense diplomatic pressure from America and other Western countries.

  

Iran's Failed 'Litmus Test'



Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Will there be consequences for Tehran's stonewalling of U.N. nuclear inspectors?

LAST AUGUST, the International Atomic Energy Agency struck a deal with Iran on a "work plan" for clearing up outstanding questions about its nuclear program within three months -- in other words, before December 2007.