Lawmakers met on Tuesday to elect president after dispute between Kurdish parties delayed the vote on Monday. ... For the time, Kurdish parties each put forward candidate.. The presidency has been reserved for Kurds held two years after US-led invasion.. ..…
All Sunni and Kurdish politicians who met with the US Brett McGurk reported that they were subjected to threats and insults. ..…
Tuz Khurmatu, ethnically mixed Kurdish, Turkmen, and Arab in the disputed territories around Kirkuk, 65 kilometers south of the city, was under the joint control of the forces of Kurdistan Regional Government and range of PMF groups and local police and the scene of sporadic clashes from 2014 to..…
His successor, Fouad Massoum, failed to match Talabani's influence and turned the office into a trivial position, said Renad Mansour, expert on Iraqi and Kurdish politics with Chatham House.. The winner of the competition for supremacy between the two parties within Kurdish region..…