PM at the PUK's Political Bureau in Erbil, focusing on finalizing agreements for the formation of the 10th KRG cabinet.

According to Pira, a core demand of the KDP is a unified political framework encompassing a single parliament, a single ...

A top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was released from jail Wednesday, a source in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri ...

1976 – Is involved in armed resistance against the government of Saddam Hussein. 1998 – Talabani and rival Kurdish Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani sign a peace agreement that provides ...

1947 – At age 14, joins the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP). 1951 – Member of the KDP’s Central Committee. June 1975 – Leaves the KDP to found the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), an ...

1976 – Is involved in armed resistance against the government of Saddam Hussein. 1998 – Talabani and rival Kurdish Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani sign a peace agreement that provides for the ...