We once again underline the importance of harmony and collaboration between our parties—and with other Kurdish political actors—to fulfill our shared responsibilities during this challenging and ...

IRBIL, Iraq — As he stepped into office in 2005 to become Iraq’s first Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani told his followers, “I am casting off my Kurdish clothes and wearing Iraqi ones instead.

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) held a memorial in Sulaimani on Friday for the party’s late founder Jalal Talabani, who was also the first non-Arab ...

Mourners take the coffin of former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during his funeral procession, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2017 (AP photo). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window ...

BAGHDAD – Thousands of Iraqi Kurdish mourners, Iraqi officials and world dignitaries attended the funeral of Jalal Talabani, the country's first president in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq and once ...

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Tens of thousands of people gathered Friday for the funeral of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, in an emotional send-off for the veteran of the struggle for Kurdish ...

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Jalal Talabani, whose presidency of post-Saddam Iraq symbolised the resurgence of the country's long-oppressed Kurdish people, was brought home on Friday and borne to his ...

The Kurdish leader's death comes amid rising tensions in the region's relations with Baghdad Jalal Talabani, the former Iraqi president and a leading veteran of the struggle for Kurdish rights ...

The body of former Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, arrived in the Iraqi Kurdish City of Sulaimaniya on Friday for an official funeral attended by several Iraqi and regional officials. A coffin ...

As he stepped into office in 2005 to become Iraq’s first Kurdish President, Jalal Talabani told his followers, “I am casting off my Kurdish clothes and wearing Iraqi ones instead. You must ...

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