The KRG’s two dominant political parties had been rebuilding a strategic partnership, but their bitter contest over the Iraqi presidency has injected new volatility into their rivalry.

By Rawaz Tahir, Mohammed Hussein, Samya Kullab and Ben Van Heuvelen of Iraq Oil Report
Published Friday, October 5th, 2018

ERBIL/SULAIMANIYA – Barham Salih’s contentious election as the new president of Iraq is threatening to destabilize a strategic relationship between the autonomous Kurdistan region’s two leading political parties. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) had recently been working together to rebuild a decade-old agreement designed to maximize their political leverage in Baghdad while sidelining opposition parties in Kurdistan.  Read all  www.mesop.de