The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

President Barzani met with DEM Party leaders, endorsing dialogue over conflict in Turkey's peace process. While welcoming ...

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani on Friday indicated that he is willing to visit jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Tribal leader Masoud Barzani, ... Barzani also began allowing Turkey’s intelligence services to have free rein inside the territory he controlled. In July 2019, ...

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.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday discussed strategy in fighting Islamic State and Kurdish PKK militants with visiting Iraqi Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, sources at ...

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim met Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani at Cankaya Palace, Ankara on Monday. Economic ties and fighting terrorism were the main topics in the ...

It remains to be seen whether the October 29 resignation announcement by KRG President Masoud Barzani, who was denounced by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 3 for “ruining with his own hands ...

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani's announcement he plans to step down was greeted with jubilation in Turkey’s pro-government media. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Barzani, his ...

Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani thanked Turkey for its role in “freeing” Kobani from ISIL fighters on Monday. According to a statement released on the presidency’s ...

Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Masoud Barzani wanted to keep Maliki weak and, prior to the group’s surprise capture of Mosul, quietly provided weaponry to the Islamic State and other Sunni ...

While Barzani may think he will follow his father into history as a great nationalist leader, the reality is less certain. Masoud has presided over the rise of the Kurdistan Regional Government, but ...