The end of President Barzani's final term – just two months away – has reignited fundamental arguments over the structure of Kurdistan's incomplete democracy.
Barzani term limit disputes roil Kurdistan politics
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Barzani resigns, leaving unstable vacuum
As lawmakers scrambled to contend with the KRG president's abrupt resignation and reassign his powers, Barzani supporters attacked Parliament.
Presidency crisis engulfs Kurdistan
Massud Barzani has only a week and a half left in office, and the region’s political parties remain far apart on a solution to the pending power vacuum.
Maliki’s Erbil visit opens door to oil talks
Meeting in Erbil for the first time in almost three years, PM Maliki and KRG President Barzani stress a new atmosphere of cooperation that could renew long-stymied oil policy dialogue.
Barzani remains in office after term expires
Kurdistan's president still wields power after Parliament failed to reduce his authority. But his term has formally ended and his legitimacy remains contested.
New leadership revives Baghdad-Erbil oil talks
After more than a decade of disputes over oil and revenue, Iraqi leaders see renewed political and financial incentives to negotiate solutions.
Amid fistfights, Kurds extend Massoud Barzani’s tenure
Kurdish MPs threw water bottles and fists, and ultimately voted to postpone elections for the president and constitution.
Barzani to Obama: support KRG oil policies
Letter to Obama week before inauguration congratulates, says Kurdistan Regional Government backs U.S. in Iraq, and “I seek your support, Mr. President, for our policies.”
Kurdistan presidency controversy deepens
With President Barzani's term nearly expired, opponents try to curb his power through parliamentary action, while a legal ruling boosts his case for staying in power.
Faced with dominant rival, competing Kurdish parties reunite
Sulaimaniya’s PUK and Gorran parties have agreed to electioneer and vote together, hoping to clip the wings of acting President Massoud Barzani’s KDP.
Q&A: Rabun Marouf of the New Generation party
The head of New Generation's Erbil office discusses the creation of a new party to challenge Kurdistan's political duopoly.
KRG presidential candidates
Four challengers to current KRG President Massoud Barzani add to the intense campaigning in Iraqi Kurdistan ahead of the July 25 vote.
KRG parliament speaker: Barzani’s term extension ‘against the law’
While Massoud Barzani continues his tasks as president of Iraqi Kurdistan, controversy rages over the fate of his office. The speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan parliament, Yousif Mohammed Sadiq, says Barzani has lost legitimacy. "We have been in a legal vacuum in the Kurdistan Region since Aug. 19 with regard to the issue of the presidency," Sadiq told Al-Monitor from […]
Kurdistan begins government formation despite unresolved divisions
The KRG Parliament elected Nechirvan Barzani president, as the rival PUK party boycotted and questioned his “political legitimacy.”
UPDATE: Kamal al-Atroshi approved as Kurdistan’s oil minister
KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani was acting head of the Ministry of Natural Resources since mid 2019, when longtime minister Ashti Hawrami was moved to a senior advisory role.
Hawrami in advisory role with new KRG cabinet
Ashti Hawrami, head of the Ministry of Natural Resources since 2006, to play key transition role over next two years but was not re-nominated as minister.
Kurdistan government formation takes step forward
The KRG's two primary political parties appear to have broken a four-month stalemate with a deal for new leadership in both Erbil and Kirkuk.
Barzani: Presidential issue is related to all political parties, not only KDP
In a press conference arranged for deputy to Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader, Nechirvan Barzani, following a meeting with Assyrians Democratic Movement in Erbil, said: "When we are talking about the presidential law, it does not mean that we are talking about one person who is Massoud Barzani. We are talking about the general interests […]
Hawrami poised to keep KRG oil portfolio
The architect of Kurdistan’s oil autonomy, Ashti Hawrami appears likely to continue as minister during the government's leadership transition.
Barzani-Maliki deal sets process, again, for agreement
Senior officials in Erbil and Baghdad have come away from a two-day meeting with a commitment – but no deal – to tackle a comprehensive list of differences.
President Barzani: Kurdistani identity of Kirkuk must be established
On a visit to the Peshmerga frontlines in Kirkuk on Wednesday, the Kurdish President Masoud Barzani said that the Kurdistani identity of Kirkuk must be established and the city kept out of enemy hands. Barzani said that in the end it is up to the people of Kirkuk to decide the fate of the Province. […]
Barzani: Kirkuk must be kept out of enemy hands
On a visit to the Peshmerga fontlines in Kirkuk on Wednesday Kurdish President Masoud Barzani said that the Kurdistani identity of Kirkuk must be established and the city kept out of enemy hands. Barzani said that in the end it is up to the people of Kirkuk to decide the fate of the province. “The Peshmerga […]
KRG ruling party ejects rivals, escalating political crisis
Speaker of Parliament denounces "coup" as security forces loyal to Massoud Barzani's ruling KDP party block him, and other ministers, from the capital.
Kurdistan exporting oil from disputed fields
Crude from Bai Hassan and Avana dome, fields formerly operated by federal authorities, is now flowing by pipeline to Turkey for KRG export.