Massoud Barzani
Massoud Barzani, Kurdish regional government's president in northern Iraq, addresses the opening of a conference on 'recognizing the Kurdish genocide' in Arbil, about 350 kms north of Baghdad, on March 14, 2013. The conference, attended by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari and foreign officials, was held to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1988 chemical gas attack by Saddam Hussein's airforce on the Kurdish town of Halabja in which some 5,000 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed as part of the late dictator's campaign to crush a Kurdish rebellion.
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Shwan Zulal: Kurdish Democracy's Biggest Test Yet
Kurdistan Region president, Massoud Barzani has set the date for the next Kurdish general election at 21 September 2013. Both parliamentary and presidential elections will be held on that date. The candidates running for president have not put their name from The Huffington Post: UK Edition Read more »
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Kurdish refugees have mixed feelings about Syria
DOMIZ REFUGEE CAMP, Iraq — Syrian Kurds who fled their country's civil war have mixed feelings about a future without Bashar Assad: They hope to win a measure of autonomy after the fall of the regime, but fear chaos and the rise of Islamists could instea from KansasCity.com Read more »
