Hawler Tribune — Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani is expected to visit the United States in the few coming days to discuss the US-Kurdistan relations and the issues of the disputed territories including oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
Barzani's visit to Washington is his first visit this year on a formal invitation of the White House. In the previous weeks a delegation of top Kurdish officials was also to theMore…
GulfNews — Dubai: Land Rover, a premium SUV manufacturer, has announced yesterday that the company is venturing into the Middle East by expanding into Iraqi Kurdistan.
The company has appointed Sardar Trading Agencies Limited as the exclusive importer to represent the Land Rover brand; this venture marks the SUV manufacturer's first official entry in the region.
Whilst the appointment of Sardar TradingMore…
MarketWatch — Shares of Norwegian oil group DNO International ASA rallied as much as 22% on Monday after the Kurdistan regional government in Northern Iraq said it's ready to immediately restart oil exports.
Kurdistan's minister for natural resources, Ashti Hawrami, said that oil exports from the region's fields will be restarted at a rate of no fewer than 100,000 barrels per day, according to a statement isMore…
AFP — BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman "Chemical Ali" was sentenced to death on Sunday for ordering the gassing of Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja, a brutal attack that killed an estimated 5,000 people.
Ali Hassan al-Majid is to die by hanging, having been found guilty of the atrocity in the northeast of the country as the Iran-Iraq war drew to a close in 1988, an iconic moment thatMore…
The Canadian Press — BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was convicted Sunday of crimes against humanity, receiving a death sentence for his involvement in one of the worst poison gas attacks ever against civilians - one of several he faces.
Families of victims in court cheered when the judge handed down the guilty verdict against Ali Hassan al-Majid in a trial for the poison gas attack on More…
OfficialWire — Nobody who favors peace in Turkey should oppose the government's efforts to resolve longstanding issues with the Kurdish minority, the interior minister said.
Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay outlined a series of steps the ruling Justice and Development Party would take to find a political solution to Kurdish issues.
Ankara has struggled with rising Kurdish ambitions and years of conflMore…
Reuters UK — BAGHDAD, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called for an end to a bitter row over oil contracts brokered by Iraqi Kurdistan, which has fuelled investor questions about the risks of doing business in war-torn Iraq.
In a rare direct reference to the feud between Arabs and minority Kurds, Maliki said on Sunday he had discussed the contracts -- which the largely autonomous Kurdish reMore…
AHN All Headline News — Baghdad, Iraq (TML) - It doesn't seem like the ideal location for a vacation, and yet Iraq has managed to appeal to a daring few who are intrigued by the country's rich history, culture, archeology and more recently, Saddam Hussein's legacy.
Official figures on the exact number of visitors are lacking, but anecdotal evidence and Internet discussions suggest interest in this destination is growiMore…
Kurdish Globe — Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani pushes forward efforts to reorganize the Region's Peshmarga forces in a united structure within the frame of KRG Ministry of Peshmarga Affairs.
General Jabar Yawar, General Director of the Ministry of Peshmarga Affairs, announced that a committee has been formed and soon will inaugurate mechanisms suggested for the reconstruction of Kurdistan RegiMore…
Kurdish Globe — Closure of the 25th political party in Turkey proves that the Turkish version of the so-called democracy is an allusive form, and that this country is still not fit for the European Union and won't be for many years to come.
Indeed, the Constitutional Court, charged with upholding Turkey's secular Constitution and Kamalism ideology, has a long history of banning political parties that it deems More…
Reuters — Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave home to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein.
The mass grave was first discovered by a farmer in an area near the southern city of Najaf three months ago, containing the remains of men, women and children. Officials identified them as KurMore…
Kurdish Globe — Iran has opened a five-day trade fair in Duhok province.
"What we saw was really attractive; we were able to become acquainted with various Iranian industrial products," said one of the participants of the show who considered it a commercial opportunity in Kurdistan Region.
Kevan Ajanad, who exhibited a number of special building products at the show, said: "The arrangement was tremendous aMore…
Kurdish Globe — With a timetable for American withdrawal set and Kurdish demands heeded, the Status of Forces Agreement needs the final approval of Iraq's Parliament.
By a majority of votes, the Iraqi Council of Ministers on Sunday agreed on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) draft hammered out between Baghdad and Washington. A Kurdish demand has been added to the draft.
"The American side agreed on adMore…
WalesOnline, United Kingdom — UNDER economic embargo for years, a victim of severe hardship and racked with conflict and warfare, the Iraqi region of Kurdistan is only now gradually recovering.
Like that of many such regions, its government feels that sport can play a key role in bringing its communities together and healing old wounds.
And next month representatives will travel to a nation they feel offers an “exampleMore…
Al-Bawaba, Jordan — The Company generated total revenue of AED 901 million for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2008, with a gross profit of AED 200 million, net profit of AED 85 million and EBITDA for the first nine months was at AED 451 million, an increase of 50 percent over the same period last year.
Commenting on the nine months’ results Mr Hamid Dhiya Jafar, Executive Chairman of Dana Gas saiMore…
