http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/kurds kurdish kurdistan The latest news about Kurdistan in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator The Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi has accused the Iraqi authorities of fabricating charges to incite public anger, assuring that he does not have any interest in targeting the Kurds after leaks... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107707/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000 A delegation of Kurdish MPs from Turkey arrived in the Kurdistan Region last week to discuss holding a Kurdish national convention. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107621/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:45:00 +0000 Controversial remarks about the Kurdish peshmarga military forces supposedly prevented a member of Nineveh Provincial Council returning home on Friday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107616/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:19:00 +0000 A spokesman for Diyala Tribes Congress has said that all tribes in the province are against regional autonomy, while an Iraqiya List deputy has said the view is unrepresentative of the province's population. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107617/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:19:00 +0000 Economic sources in the Kurdistan Region, on Saturday, said a decline of 90% of the volume of trade exchange and the market has taken place between the Region of Kurdistan and Iran over the last international... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107589/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:42:00 +0000 The member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan, led by Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani, said on Sunday, that "the Arabs" Whatever the degree of their differences,... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107593/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:42:00 +0000 The change bloc in the House announced, on Sunday, that the Kurdistan Region to embrace Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi will not affect the Kurdish Shiite coalition, stressing that the link between... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107596/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:42:00 +0000 Kurdistan Alliance bloc, announced on Sunday, that the option for the Region's declaration of independence would be the closest to the Kurdish leadership in the event of certain parties that he did... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107597/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:42:00 +0000 In a meeting with the British Foreign Office envoy here in Erbil, the influential Kurdish official, Masrour Barzani, said although Kurds of Iraq have chosen not to interfere in the business of any neighboring country, "but Kurdistan Region will... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107654/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:03:00 +0000 In the past, flowers weren't a common gift. But in the new Kurdish culture, giving flowers has become the norm, especially for the middle and upper classes. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107651/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000 Iraq’s proposed energy law, intended to spur foreign investment in the world’s fifth-largest holder of oil deposits, will be delayed for the rest of this year due to political divisions, the prime minister’s top adviser said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107645/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +0000 Upheaval in the Middle East and mutual economic interests are drawing together two unlikely partners; rising powerhouse Turkey and an entity whose name Turkish leaders hardly dare mention – Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107546/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:46:00 +0000 Iraq’s proposed energy law, intended to spur foreign investment in the world’s fifth-largest holder of oil deposits, will be delayed for the rest of this year due to political divisions, the prime minister’s top adviser said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107536/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:56:00 +0000 On October 18, 2011, Exxon Mobile and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) signed a deal to work on six oil and gas tracts in northern Iraq. When it was made public the following month, it led to... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107521/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:00 +0000 Officials in Diyala province have denied finding mass graves in the Hamrin Basin region within the province. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107518/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:23:00 +0000 Upheaval in the Middle East and mutual economic interests are drawing together two unlikely partners; rising powerhouse Turkey and an entity whose name Turkish leaders hardly dare mention - Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107479/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:59:00 +0000 Iraq's Kurds are using a contract with Exxon Mobil Corp. and a national political crisis to strengthen their region's control of resource-rich patches of disputed land, raising the stakes in a long-running standoff with the central government in Baghdad. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107478/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:56:00 +0000 The Italian embassy in Baghdad opened an office in the Kurdistan Regions capital, Erbil, last year. The office is expected to be upgraded to a consulate soon. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107452/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:13:00 +0000 Western Zagros Oil Company westernzagros.com is an oil producer that has been taking place in Southern Kurdistan since the liberation of Iraq. Western Zagros’ headquarter is located in Calgary-Canada. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107418/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:46:00 +0000 The Iraqi government has decided to recruit more 1,500 police officers for Kirkuk governorate to control an ongoing insurgency in the governorate that has seen almost daily attacks over the past few... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107391/refid/RSS-kurdistan-07-02-2012 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:21:00 +0000