Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh is slated to become Iraqi Kurdistan’s next prime minister.
Instead of culminating in the grand finale that some had expected after a one-month extension, the first term of the Iraqi parliament in 2009 simply fizzled out.
The Iraqi prime minister and the American vice president, who now heads up the Iraq portfolio, swapped state visits, but little has changed for Iraqis.
Despite glitches, election deemed a success with large voter turnout in what is a major stakes election for Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government.
Vote next week sets stage for possible new opposition to KDP and PUK, parties which now dominate politics in Iraq's north.
Whole villages in Ninawa province are being abandoned as a result of drought and increasing desertification which is making life impossible for those who remain on the once arable land.
City dwellers recall experiences of retreating US military with bitterness and, occasionally, admiration.
Residents pleased to see restoration of local court after putting up with years of so-called tribal justice.
On 27 February this year, President Barack Obama held one of the best speeches on Iraq delivered by a US senior official for a long time. Obama congratulated the Iraqis for having resisted the forces of partition, and while he noted the need for political reconciliation, he pretty much refrained from imposing his own interpretation […]
Four challengers to current KRG President Massoud Barzani add to the intense campaigning in Iraqi Kurdistan ahead of the July 25 vote.
