Masoud Barzani (Kurdish: مەسعوود‌ بارزانی, romanized: Mesûd Barzanî; [3][4] born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, …

President Barzani Receives German Foreign Ministry State Minister. During their meeting, the officials discussed regional and Syrian political and security developments, including terrorism …

Masoud Barzani is the president of Iraqi Kurdistan’s government, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). He has held the post since 2005, and was previously a leader of the …

Oct 29, 2017 · Masoud Barzani, a former Peshmerga fighter, has led the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, battling for autonomy for Iraq’s Kurdish region. The KDP is one of the …

General Mustafa Barzani, accompanied by over 500 men moved towards the Soviet Union where he would remain until the fall of the royal family in Iraq in 1958 when he was granted the …

Oct 29, 2017 · Iraqi Kurdish president Massoud Barzani is to step down as the region wrestles with Baghdad over independence. In a bitter TV address, he defended the independence …

Oct 14, 2024 · The once-cohesive leadership may be splintering as two powerful figures, Masrour Barzani and Nechirvan Barzani, vie for dominance. As both seek to tighten their grip on the …

As leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, Mr Barzani has worked to achieve the party’s goals of democracy for Iraq and autonomy, later federalism, for Kurdistan. …

Oct 30, 2017 · President Masoud Barzani, who said on Sunday he was stepping down, founded Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region but was also responsible for sparking its gravest crisis with …

Nov 26, 2024 · ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – President Masoud Barzani stated that Iraq is being negatively impacted by attempts to draw it into the current Middle East conflict.