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In a televised address on October 29, the president of the Iraqi Kurdish region, Masoud Barzani, declared that he would step down from his post. It remains unclear whether Barzani, son of the ...

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani (L) sits next to Iraqi President Fuad Massum during a ceremony at the airport in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Suleimaniya following the arrival of Iraqi ex ...

This dynamic was a major reason why, in 1975, Jalal Talabani, the deputy to Masoud’s father, Mulla Mustafa Barzani, spun off to form the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, or PUK.

By Raya Jalabi ERBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani departed office on Wednesday, leaving his nephew to reconcile with the central government in Baghdad, with regional ...

Since Iraq's Kurdish region voted to secede last month, Kurds have reeled from territorial losses. Now, their president and longtime leader, Masoud Barzani, has declared he'll step down Wednesday.

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish President Masoud Barzani visited the grave of former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Sulaimani on Saturday, a day after the iconic leader was laid to rest ...

Masoud Barzani (Kurdish: مسعودبارزانی, Mesûd Barzanî) (born August 16, 1946) is the current President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Read Fast Facts from CNN about Massoud Barzani, ... June 1975 - Former leader Jalal Talabani leaves the KDP to form the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), forcing a reorganization of the KDP.

After President Massoud Barzani, who is 13 years his junior, Talabani - known to Kurds as "Mam" or "Uncle" Jalal - was the most senior political figure in Iraqi Kurdistan and spent more than 50 ...

SULEIMANIYA, Iraq, March 4 (Reuters) - A photograph of two presidents hangs on the walls of government offices in Iraqi Kurdistan; one is Kurdish President Masoud Barzani, the other his rival ...

Masoud Barzani assumed his father’s mantle, ... Jalal Talabani, who died in early October, founded the rival PUK. During the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, both parties sided with Tehran, ...