Iraqi Kurdish Parties Dispute Law Extending Barzani Presidency - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Jul 11, 2013

Iraq's Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi (R) meets with Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani (L) in Baghdad, July 7, 2013. Barzani visited Baghdad on Sunday for the first time in more than two years, in a symbolic step to resolve disputes between the central government and the autonomous region over land and oil. The visit follows an equally rare trip by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki who met Barzani in Kurdistan last month, breaking ice between leaders who have repeatedly accused each other of vi — Iraq's Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi (R) meets with Iraqi Kurdish President Massoud Barzani (L) in Baghdad, July 7, 2013. — REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

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Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani speaks in a meeting with Kurdish envoys abroad in Arbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2QV60

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Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari

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Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari

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Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari