Friday, 24 July, 2009 , 07:32 AFP — Opposition candidates are railing against corruption and raising the reformist flag in a bid to break the stranglehold on power by two main political parties in Iraq's Kurdish region.
Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 19:20 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a president and a parliament amid a simmering land dispute with Baghdad and tensions over oil exports that could lead to armed conflict.
Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 18:40 AFP — Tensions between Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and Iraq's central government represent one of most potentially "dangerous" challenges facing Baghdad, Iraq's prime minister said in Washington Thursday.
Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 10:47 AFP — Iraqi Kurds vote on Saturday to choose a new parliament and president for their autonomous region.
Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 10:42 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a president and a parliament amid a simmering land dispute with Baghdad and rising tensions over oil exports that could lead to armed conflict.
Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 09:12 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a president and a parliament in a vote being held amid a simmering land dispute with Baghdad and rising tensions over oil exports that could lead to armed conflict.
Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 08:52 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan, in the rugged, mountainous north of the war-torn country, has been a semi-autonomous region since it was put under US protection following the 1991 Gulf War.
Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 08:30 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a president and a parliament in a vote being held amid a simmering land dispute with Baghdad and rising tensions over oil exports that could lead to armed conflict.
Wednesday, 22 July, 2009 , 12:28 AFP — Iranian security forces have killed two Kurdish rebels in a clash near the border with Turkey, an area that has seen a number of similar incidents, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 21 July, 2009 , 15:58 AFP — Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has given the cold shoulder to proposals that a jailed Kurdish rebel leader is expected to unveil next month to end a bloody insurgency in southeast Turkey.
