1976 – Is involved in armed resistance against the government of Saddam Hussein. 1998 – Talabani and rival Kurdish Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani sign a peace agreement that provides ...

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Leaders of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region on Thursday welcomed the call by jailed leader of the Kurdistan ...

The Kurdistan Region’s agriculture ministry and the local NGO Rwanga Foundation launched a joint environmental initiative on ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Bafel Talabani on Thursday welcomed a long ...

1947 – At age 14, joins the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP). 1951 – Member of the KDP’s Central Committee. June 1975 – Leaves the KDP to found the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), an ...

Here’s a look at the life of former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Personal:Birth date: November 12, 1933 Death date: October 3, 2017 Birth place: Kelkan, Iraq Marriage: Hero Ibrahim Ahmed Children: ...