Politics

Analysis: Worsening internal rivalries weaken KRG at key political juncture

Conflict between the KDP and PUK has driven dysfunction in Erbil and weakened Kurdish influence in Baghdad as a new government takes power.

Bafel Talabani, president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (left), meets with newly elected Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi (right), in Baghdad in May 2026. (Photo credit: Prime Minister's Office)

Oct 1, 2009

Maliki launches coalition

Bid to stay in power includes Shahristani on stage, along with Abu Risha.

Aug 19, 2009

Black Basrawis claim discrimination

Descendents of slaves say they want more political rights.

Aug 19, 2009

Op-Ed: Why Kurdish Media Must Reform

The recent election in Iraqi Kurdistan ushered in a new era for the region’s media, posing fresh challenges for news organisations, the government and the parliament.

Aug 19, 2009

Northern opposition

Kurdish opposition points to potential rapprochement with Baghdad.

Aug 12, 2009

Displaced take over government buildings

As U.S troops entered Iraq in 2003, displaced families everywhere occupied abandoned government buildings and converted them into shelters.

Aug 9, 2009

Revenge attacks scar Anbar peace

Legal justice doesn't suffice for some family members of victims of al-Qaida's worst murders.

Aug 9, 2009

Technical assessment of the INOC Law

A technical look into the young draft law to reestablish Iraq's national oil company.

Aug 3, 2009

Saleh as next KRG PM

Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh is slated to become Iraqi Kurdistan’s next prime minister.

Jul 31, 2009

Parliament on holiday without January’s election law

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.

Jul 30, 2009

Maliki’s Iraq

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.