Archiv: Masoud Barzani


05.03.2026 - 17:18 [ CNN ]

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government denies reports it is part of a plan to send opposition forces into Iran

“The Kurdistan Regional Government and the political parties within it are not part of any campaign to expand the war and tensions in the region,” a government spokesperson, Peshawa Hawramani, said in a statement. He added that reports of Iraqi KRG involvement in a plan to arm Kurdish forces are being spread “deliberately and maliciously.”

“On the contrary, we call for peace and stability in the region,” Hawramani added. “We strongly condemn the cowardly attacks targeting the Kurdistan Region, and we call on the federal government and the international community to intervene to stop these assaults and protect our land, our people, and our region.”

05.03.2026 - 17:12 [ CNN ]

CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say

(March 4, 2026)

Washington and Erbil, Iraq —

The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN.

The Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with military support, the sources said.

05.03.2026 - 17:12 [ New York Times ]

Pro-American Kurdish Forces Are Preparing Possible Iran Incursion

(March 4, 2026)

Pro-American, Iranian Kurdish forces based in Iraq are preparing armed units that could enter Iran, creating a potential new front in an already expanding conflict, according to Iraqi officials and senior members of Iranian Kurdish groups.

The C.I.A. has previously given small arms to the Iranian Kurdish forces as part of a covert program to destabilize Iran, an effort that began before the current war, according to people familiar with the effort.

05.03.2026 - 17:01 [ IraqiNews.com ]

Trump holds call with Iraqi Kurdish leaders on war with Iran

(March 3, 2026)

Erbil (IraqiNews.com) — US President Donald Trump talked by phone with top Iraqi Kurdish politicians on Sunday to discuss the current US-Israeli military operation against Iran and possible future actions, according to Axios.

According to sources acquainted with the discussions, the talks included Masoud Barzani, chairman of the Masoud Barzani Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and Bafel Talabani, leader of the Bafel Talabani Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).

26.02.2024 - 23:06 [ Shafaq.com ]

Kurdistan‘s PM: we are very proud to say that we are American allies

On Monday, the Kurdish Government revealed that Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met with the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the headquarters of the US State Department in Washington.

Before the meeting, the two officials expressed in remarks reported by the Secretary of State the close ties between the two sides.

13.03.2022 - 10:50 [ theGuardian.com ]

Missiles land near US consulate in northern Iraq city of Erbil

“We condemn this terrorist attack launched against several sectors of Erbil, we call on the inhabitants to remain calm,” Kurdistan prime minister Masrour Barzani said in a statement.

The attack comes several days after an Israeli strike near Damascus, Syria killed two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

20.06.2020 - 16:21 [ Tagesschau.de de ]

Türkische Offensive im Irak: Warum Ankara gerade jetzt die PKK bekämpft

Kristian Brakel von der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Istanbul meint, dass andere Interessen nicht dahinterstecken müssten, aber könnten: etwa die innerkurdischen Friedensverhandlungen, die in Syrien gerade stattgefunden haben. „Zwischen dem PKK-Ableger PYD beziehungsweise YPG und dem eher Barzani-nahestehenden kurdischen Lager aus dem Nordirak, die erst Verhandlungserfolge verkündet haben. Da ist etwas, dass der Türkei sicherlich nicht Recht ist“.

10.12.2019 - 02:32 [ The National ]

Iraq elects Kurdish Barham Salih as president

Mr Hussein withdrew moments before the announcement was made, at the request of KDP leader Massoud Barzani, a party official told The National.

20.10.2019 - 12:20 [ Radio Utopie ]

Unfassbares Versagen der „Linksfraktion“ bei parlamentarischer Aufklärung über Schattenarmee „IS“

(27. August 2014)

Waffenlieferungen in den Irak bzw nach Kurdistan: Versagt „Die Linke“ im Bundestag bei der parlamentarischen Aufklärung über die Schattenarmeen unter dem Label „Islamischer Staat“ bwz bei der Aufklärung und Kontrolle der Aktivitäten der Geheimdienste, vorneweg dem Bundesnachrichtendienst B.N.D.? Oder ist das bereits aktive Selbstsabotage und Kollaboration?

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09.10.2019 - 18:12 [ Kurdistan24.net/ ]

French envoy, KDP leader hold meeting about Turkish attack in Syria

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Current turmoil in both Iraq and Syria led the discussion in a meeting on Wednesday between Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani and French Consul General in Erbil Olivier Decottignies.

06.10.2019 - 10:36 [ Basnews.com ]

Barzani, Greek Ambassador Discuss Kurdish Diaspora in Greece

Discussing the large Kurdish diaspora in Greece as a strong cultural tie between the two nations, Barzani and Kontovounesios welcomed the efforts to further develop the relations between Erbil and Athens in every area of potential cooperation.

27.05.2017 - 23:40 [ Rudaw ]

Erbil security agency denies it exercises pressure on HDP office

“Their mistreatment and harming them is increasing every day. The Asayish forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) are threatening the refugees of the North and tell them: ‘Do not visit the HDP representation.’ and every now and then tell them: ‘Do not take part in events that are related to the North,” the statement continued.

14.10.2014 - 11:48 [ History Commons ]

Profile: Masud Barzani

June 1992: Iraqi National Congress Formed

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), headed by Masud Barzani, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), headed by Jalal Talabani, meet in Vienna along with nearly 200 delegates from dozens of Iraqi opposition groups to form an umbrella organization for Iraqi dissident groups. The event is organized by the Rendon Group, which has been contracted by the CIA to organize the wide spectrum of Iraqi dissidents into a unified movement against Saddam Hussein. Rendon names the group the “Iraqi National Congress” (INC). The CIA pays the Rendon Group $326,000 per month for the work, funneled to the company and the INC through various front organizations.

07.10.2014 - 13:50 [ Al Monitor ]

Iraqi Kurds seize control of key Syria border crossing

(19. Juni) Peshmerga forces affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani secured most of the Iraqi-Syrian border areas of the province of Mosul on June 10 after the fall of the city to ISIS.

Importantly, they have secured most areas surrounding the previously Iraqi-controlled Rabia-Yaroubia border crossing. The Yaroubia crossing was captured by the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which is affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in October 2013 in cooperation with the Iraqi government to circumvent the Turkish and KDP border closures between Syrian and Iraqi Kurdistan.

07.07.2014 - 05:20 [ aina.org ]

Iraqi Kurds Deny Working With ISIS

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Iraq has dismissed claims that its leader, Masoud Barzani, is planning to take control of Mosul with the help of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Sunni Arabs.

The KDP released a statement on its website directly rejecting the claims of Cemil Bay?k, a senior member of the Kurdistan Workers‘ Party (PKK).

28.06.2014 - 13:41 [ Al Monitor ]

Iraqi Kurds seize control of key Syria border crossing

(19. Juni) Peshmerga forces affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani secured most of the Iraqi-Syrian border areas of the province of Mosul on June 10 after the fall of the city to ISIS. (…) Mela Ali said that the YPG is in more need of cooperation with the peshmerga due to the border crossings controlled by Barzani’s forces. “Rabia is controlled by the peshmerga and Fish Khabur is controlled by the peshmerga. They have to [cooperate] because the peshmergas are in [control of] this area.”

17.01.2013 - 15:59 [ Rudaw ]

Dozens Killed in Kirkuk Bomb Attacks

At least 190 people were killed and injured in a series of bomb attacks in Kirkuk on Wednesday, health officials told Rudaw.

One of the attacks targeted the office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), led by Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region.