Articles tagged with: Kurdistan Regional Government
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Monday, 18 Mar, 2013
Flying into the city of Suleimaniyah with a hundred-strong international delegation of politicians, diplomats and academics one was greeted by a gentle breeze signalling the arrival of the Kurdish spring in this part of Iraq. The early morning haze rose gently from the pastoral fields that circle the city, painting a picture of tranquillity and calm. Twenty-five years earlier at 11:35 a.m. the residents of the nearby town of Halabja were exposed to an all together different atmosphere as an ...
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Wednesday, 13 Mar, 2013
A decade after the American-led invasion, Iraq’s fate remains uncertain. With the American forces gone, the project of rebuilding the country, creating a functioning democratic system, and fostering economic development has become the stated aims of the country’s rulers.
With relative stability achieved in recent years, there has been some interest of late in the prospect of an Iraqi rehabilitation grounded on the partially untapped potential of its economy. There are encouraging sign...
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Wednesday, 2 Jan, 2013
The tumultuous events of the past few months have left onlookers wondering just how natural gas has emerged as the Middle East’s latest rabble-rouser. Once spurned by convent...
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