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15 May 2012 -- A political science expert says the relocation of tens of thousands of Iraqi Arab families in Kurdistan is normal and could be used to develop the Region. However, there are also concerns ...
Erbil, 15 May 2012 -- Less than a week after the publication of an article in a Kurdish magazine, a demonstration was organized in front of the Parliament building in Erbil. The demonstration turned ...
Baghdad, 15 May 2012 -- The Hal (Solution) bloc which belongs to Iraqiya List stated today that the parties within the list will meet today to discuss the political developments in Iraq.
Baghdad, 15 May 2012 -- The 15-day deadline specified in the letter by leaders during their meeting in Erbil does not require the National Alliance (NA) to enforce all of the demands within the period, ...
Erbil, 15 May 2012 -- Both of the Ministries of Interior in the Kurdistan Region will merge under plans announced today by Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government Imad Ahmed.
Anbar, 15 May 2012 -- Anbar Provincial Council members voted by majority yesterday to sack council chairman Maamun al-Alwani.
Damascus, 15 May 2012 -- A Kurdish Syrian artist in Germany has released a song in Kurdish and Arabic about the Syrian people and its peaceful "revolution".
Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, 15 May 2012 -- The wife of Sulaimanis former mayor has rejected the findings of a government report that says her husband committed suicide.
Manila, Philippines, 15 May 2012 -- The Philippine government has lifted the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, the Department of Foreign ...
15 May 2012 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, accompanied by Undersecretary for Administrative and Finance Affairs and a number of Iraqi Ambassadors in some European capitals participated ...
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