Politics● Elevated21m ago · Nov 12, 2026, 2:35 PM
Talabani escalates his dispute with Barzani amid stalled settlement
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Asharq Al-Awsat [ar] · Saudi Arabia · Middle East
The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Bafel Talabani, escalated his criticism of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, two days after the party's president, Massoud Barzani, called on Kurdish forces for dialogue.
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