"Baghdad must respect the legitimacy of the Kurdistan Region," President Masoud Barzani emphasized.

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Butum commended President Barzani’s pivotal role in fostering unity among Syrian Kurdish factions and supporting peaceful ...

Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey’s predominantly ...

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in Turkey, met with Masoud Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party — the dominant Kurdish party in Iraq — in Irbil Sunday. Recommended Videos Barzani’s office said in a statement ...

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