Category Archives: KIU

PUK, KDP rivalries with opposition and religious parties in Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Interview with Pshtiwan Faraj*: Interviewed by Aras Ahmed Mhamad AA: Why do you think that the secular parties accuse the religious parties of being unpatriotic in national matters – and the religious parties accuse the secular parties of being enemies of God? PF: Last year I read ‘Iraq, The Borrowed Kettle’, a book by the…

5 KDP members jailed for burning KIU office

KT News and Comment: Five members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) were yesterday sentenced to two years in jail each for participating in the burning of the Kurdistan Islamic Union’s (KIU) offices in Zakho last year. The same Dohuk court hearing found another 27 KDP members not guilty and released them. These sentences are the…

Kurdistan Region Opposition leaders end their summit

KT News and Comment: A summit meeting in Erbil of the three opposition leaders – of Gorran, the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) and Islamic League – was concluded today. This meeting was long overdue and it had been delayed because of the Gorran leaders’ recent overtures to the ruling Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Bookmark…

Here’s a way to give power to the people

News and Comment by The Kurdistan Tribune: Kurdish people’s perception of politicians is at a low ebb. This is because politicians have for years promised so much but delivered so little. Some, such as Talabani and Barzani, have enjoyed power since the 1960s. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it…