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Roboski Villagers Threaten to Flee to Kurdistan If Justice Not Served - Rudaw
Another resident of Roboski, who has moved to Kurdistan and asked to remain anonymous, says, “We are still waiting for the Turkish government to punish the criminals; if the government remains silent, we will leave our villages and come to Kurdistan.
US: Kurds Were Most 'Organized and Daring' Opposition in Syria in 2006 - Rudaw
According to one independent journalist and researcher on the Kurds of Syria who asked to remain anonymous, the Arab opposition's concerns about Kurds may be declining. “There might well be elements of the opposition harboring concerns about Kurdish ...
PUK Leaders Consider Relinquishing Premiership to KDP - Rudaw
A senior KDP official, who asked to remain anonymous, also said there is support within the PUK to give the premiership to the KDP. He said the parties could meet soon to discuss handing over power to the KDP. Chinar Saeed, a KDP leader, however, ...
Newlywed Arab Couple Abducted Near Erbil, Bride Raped - Rudaw
The couple, who requested anonymity, travelled from the Sunni province of Ramadi in western Iraq to spend their honeymoon in one of Kurdistan's holiday resorts. One night during their trip, the couple stopped at a restaurant on the road between the ...
Kurdish Oil Employee Kidnapped, Killed in Baghdad - Rudaw
Sadiq's family refused to comment, but a friend of the family who asked to remain anonymous said Sadiq was kidnapped in his hotel in Baghdad. “He was carrying with him around $150000 when he was kidnapped,” said the family friend. ...
Source: Salih To Serve As Prime Minister Until 2013 - Rudaw
However, the source said that because former Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani of the KDP served for four years, Salih, a PUK leader who has served as premier since September 2009, will remain in office for the same amount of time. ...
EU Energy Deal Sparks New Tensions Between Baghdad and Erbil - Rudaw
One oil expert who asked to remain anonymous maintained that Erbil and Turkey were also upset by Shahristani's deal in Brussels. “(He) wants to shove Kurdistan aside,” said the observer, who closely monitors Kurdistan's oil policies. ...
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Speak of Atrocities in Talkalakh - Rudaw
A refugee from Talkalakh, who asked to remain anonymous, told France Press, “We do not have terrorists. We do not have Salafis either.” He then added, “We heard about the extermination of two entire families, including their children. ...
Kurds of Iraq Played Major Role in Finding bin Laden - Rudaw
“Hassan Ghul was the linchpin,” a US official told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Monday. Without the arrest of Ghul by Kurdish forces, it is unlikely that Osama bin Laden could have been found this time. ...
Kurdish Officials Deny Presence of Iraqi Forces In Sulaimani - Rudaw
Quoting an anonymous source, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote that the Iraqi president and leader of the Patriotic Union (PUK), Jalal Talabani, had asked the Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki for 3000 Iraqi troops to help control the ...
Iran Suspected of Body Snatch of Buried Kurdish Rebel - Rudaw
Another relative of Hassanzada – a current KDPI member who spoke on the condition of anonymity – told Rudaw that Hassanzada's family was still looking for ...
Iran Builds Military Outposts and Wall on Border with Iraq - Rudaw
According to an anonymous source from Kurdistan's Border Police, the Iranian government has already built six military outposts in the Haji Omaran area. ...