Politics
MPs demand probe into American intelligence in Kurdish village bombardment
17/05/2012 11:11ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews)- Kurdish MPs to the Turkish Parliament demand the alleged role of the American intelligence in bombardment of a Kurdish village in Turkey be investigated and the perpetrators be taken to court. On Dec.28, 2011, some 34 Kurdish villagers from Roboski were killed in a Turkish air raid. The people who were...
Kurdistan deputy PM meets British consul in Erbil
17/05/2012 10:33
ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews) - Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Imad Ahmed met with UK consul general in Erbil Chris Power to discuss ways of developing relations between the UK and the region. Both sides talked about the political situation in Iraq and suggested solving the country's issues in accordance...
PM Barzani heads to Turkey for bilateral relations visit
16/05/2012 18:51
ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews) - The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani is visiting Turkey on an official visit where he is expected to discuss bilateral relations and the Kurdistan Workers' Party rebel group with top officials. During the two-day visit, Barzani will meet Turkish Prime Minister Recep Teyyip Erdoga and President...
Erasing Hashemi's name from presidential website is "technical" issue, says source
16/05/2012 14:32
ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews) - The removal of Vice President Tareq Hashemi's name from the presidential website is just a technical issue, said a source from the media section of the presidential office.In the new design of the website launched only a few days ago there are separate links to the offices of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Vice...
Kurdistan presidency threatens Maliki with disclosing documents
16/05/2012 12:07
ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews)- In response to recent remarks made by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Kurdistan presidential office threatened with disclosing some secret documents. During a recent interview with the private NRT, Iraqi PM accused the Kurdistan Region of some violations and proclaimed himself the protector of Iraqi...
Syrian Kurdish opposition to meet with British, French and Russian officials
16/05/2012 12:05
ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews)- Kurdish National Council of Syria has been invited by foreign ministries of the UK, France and Russia to visit these countries and deliberate on the situation of Kurds, officials said. Kurdish National Council of Syria (KNCS) is now arranging for the visit to France and Britain, said KNCS chief...
Political mediation to cancel dismissal of deputy PM
15/05/2012 18:47
BAGHDAD, May 15 (AKnews) - An official political source in Iraqiya List has revealed details of the beginning of a political mediation led by the political parties inside and outside the list to cancel the decision of PM Nouri al-Maliki last December to sack Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq.The source, who asked not to be named and belongs...
Maliki is trying to block the national conference, says Kurdish Blocs Coalition
15/05/2012 16:55
CAIRO, May 15 (AKnews) - The Kurdish Blocs Coalition (KBC) today demanded Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to implement the Erbil agreement, apply the principle of national partnership in the management of the country, respect the constitution and solving all the problems related to it.The KBC said it wants Maliki to focus on these activities...
Syrian Kurdish Council condemns postponement of opposition conference in Cairo
15/05/2012 16:06ERBIL, May 15 (AKnews) - The Syrian Kurdish Council has condemned the postponement of tomorrow's opposition conference in Cairo, which was rescheduled for an unspecified date.Secretary of the Kurdish Progressive Party of Syria Abdel-Hamid Darwish said: "We had high hopes in this important conference to unite the Syrian opposition and Kurds...
Arab Parliament calls for suing Syrian regime "urgently"
15/05/2012 15:06
CAIRO, May 14 (AKnews) - The chairman of the Arab Parliament has demanded the League of Arab States and the United Nations "urgently" open a lawsuit in front of the International Criminal Tribunal Court to sue the Syrian Regime for "war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity".Ali Salem al-Daqbasi said: "The...