The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

The two sides exchanged views on the latest political developments and events affecting the region. The statement emphasized ...

Masoud Barzani has an opportunity to cement a legacy. It may not be the legacy of Kurdish independence that he dreamt of five years ago. But a legacy of securing a privileged place for the Kurdistan ...

Commentary and archival information about Massoud Barzani from The New York Times. Skip to content Skip to site index. ... Missiles Fired From Iran Hit Near U.S. Consulate Site in Iraq.

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Sunday received Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani in Erbil to ...

They do not, however, represent the only life-and-death issue facing Iraq. ... Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Masoud Barzani wanted to keep Maliki weak and, ...

Some 30 PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday in a move to end long-term conflict ...

The KDP, under the leadership of President Barzani, is the foremost defender of the legitimate rights and aspirations of the ...

Brett McGurk, the State Department’s pointman on Iraq, feared Masoud would throw a temper tantrum and work to destabilize the country if he did not get his way. So McGurk urged Barham to stand down.

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraq.

The late Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani supported the United States invasion of Iraq, according to Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani. In an interview ...

January 30, 2005 – Barzani is one of approximately 7,700 candidates in Iraq’s first free elections in over 50 years. June 2005 – Elected president of the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq.