The announcement follows a meeting between delegations from both parties on Nov. 30 at the PUK's Political Bureau ...
Both KDP and PUK, as indicated by Adnan Mufti, ought to take a united stance regarding two important topics; one is the ...
The Iraqi Kurdistan region's political deadlock and the caretaker government's failure to pay public sector salaries have set ...
Under a recent agreement, 30 detainees were handed over to Iraqi authorities, including 10 from Kirkuk. Charges range from ...
Efforts to form a government in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) continue as delegations from the Kurdistan Democratic ...
The KDP’s historical rival and junior coalition partner in government, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), came second in ...
Originally scheduled for two years ago, the vote was postponed four times due to disputes between the region's two historic ...
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The vote was split almost evenly between the KDP and the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), headed by Jalal Talabani. Yet for most Kurds, true independence remained distant. Years of ...
In this interview with independent journalist Ali Javanmardi we ask him about the steps that the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) needs to take in order to become united, the risks for Kurdish ...
the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) run by the Barzani family, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), dominated by the Talabanis. In the last regional elections in 2018, the KDP emerged as ...