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The Turning Point: Operation Provide Comfort
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the US-led humanitarian mission
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This month marks the 30th anniversary of a remarkable humanitarian action, known as Operation Provide Comfort, led by the United States, the UK and France, which saved hundreds of thousands of Kurds who had fled the genocidal actions of Saddam Hussein in 1991.
Following the Kurdish uprising against the dictator in March 1991, Hussein used his helicopter gunships and tanks to attack the people who had risen up against his regime. Fearing that Hussein would use chemical weapons again, up to 2 million Kurds fled to border mountains of Turkey and Iran, where they were stranded, facing death from exposure to the elements, malnutrition and disease.
It seemed that all hope was lost, when Operation Provide Comfort was launched in early April to provide emergency humanitarian assistance and eventually protection as well. The United States was instrumental in launching the operation and establishing the no-fly zone that shielded Kurdistan from Hussein for the next decade.
This bold and brave military-humanitarian operation was a turning point in Iraqi Kurdistan’s fortunes. After suffering decades of oppression, genocide and environmental destruction, for the first time, the people of Kurdistan found protection and grasped the opportunity to create a region that is today an example of stability, peaceful coexistence and a safe haven for those fleeing conflict.
Speakers • His Excellency Masoud Barzani • Hon. Hoshyar Zebari, former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister • Hon. James A. Baker, III, former US Secretary of State • Hon. Brett McGurk, Middle East Coordinator, National Security Council • Hon. Dana Stroul, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, US Department of Defense • General John Abizaid, retired, United States Army • General Jay Garner, retired, United States Army • General James Jones, retired, United States Army; former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia • Hon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States
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Subject: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of Operation Provide Comfort - Correction on Speaker Titles From: Kurdistan Regional Government - USA
Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States Washington D.C.
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Tomorrow, April 28, 10 am EST / 5 pm Erbil Time
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This month marks the 30th anniversary of a remarkable humanitarian action, known as Operation Provide Comfort, led by the United States, the UK and France, which saved hundreds of thousands of Kurds who had fled the genocidal actions of Saddam Hussein in 1991.
Following the Kurdish uprising against the dictator in March 1991, Hussein used his helicopter gunships and tanks to attack the people who had risen up against his regime. Fearing that Hussein would use chemical weapons again, up to 2 million Kurds fled to border mountains of Turkey and Iran, where they were stranded, facing death from exposure to the elements, malnutrition and disease.
It seemed that all hope was lost, when Operation Provide Comfort was launched in early April to provide emergency humanitarian assistance and eventually protection as well. The United States was instrumental in launching the operation and establishing the no-fly zone that shielded Kurdistan from Hussein for the next decade.
This bold and brave military-humanitarian operation was a turning point in Iraqi Kurdistan’s fortunes. After suffering decades of oppression, genocide and environmental destruction, for the first time, the people of Kurdistan found protection and grasped the opportunity to create a region that is today an example of stability, peaceful coexistence and a safe haven for those fleeing conflict.
Speakers • His Excellency Masoud Barzani • Hon. Hoshyar Zebari, former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister • Hon. James A. Baker, III, former US Secretary of State • Hon. Brett McGurk, Middle East Coordinator, National Security Council • Hon. Dana Stroul, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, US Department of Defense • General John Abizaid, retired, United States Army; former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia • General Jay Garner, retired, United States Army • General James Jones, retired, United States Marine Corps • Hon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States
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Subject: KRG-US April 2021 newsletter From: Kurdistan Regional Government - USA
Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States Washington D.C.
Welcome to our April 2021 Newsletter
Mr. McGurk said the Kurds have a lot of friends in the new White House and throughout the Biden Administration. ‘On behalf of President Biden, who has such a long and personal history with Iraq and the Kurdish people, I would like to express my support for the enduring relationship with the Kurdistan Regional Government and my gratitude for the Kurdish and American heroes who made Operation Provide Comfort possible,’ Mr. McGurk said.
He added, Thirty years after that operation, what began as a humanitarian In case you missed it, the Kurdistan mission is now a true strategic Regional Government Representation in partnership. What the Iraqi Kurdish the United States hosted a people built from the ashes of tyranny has commemoration of Operation Provide inspired a generation of young people in Comfort this week that included keynote the Middle East.’ remarks by President Masoud Barzani, and reflections on this remarkable Ms. Stroul humanitarian mission by former U.S. Secretary of State James A Baker, III and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Stroul delivered her message from the Hoshyar Zebari. Pentagon. She greeted the participants on behalf of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Here, I would like to outline the many Austin and said the partnership between significant messages that were delivered the U.S. and Kurdistan remains strong, at this occasion and point you to the video strategic, and essential to this day. of the webinar that is available below. There were plenty of other events and She noted that more than 20,000 people developments in Kurdistan this past were involved in Operation Provide month, which can be seen in the Comfort and that in the first 20 days of the newsletter below. operation, massive American military planes flew 75 missions across the Back to the commemoration of Operation Atlantic to deliver relief supplies to the Provide Comfort. I was honored to refugees. ‘It was a heroic effort, moderate the webinar, which heard supported by over a dozen allied and messages of solidarity and support from partner countries from around the world,’ Brett McGurk, the U.S. National Security 1 / 19 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 05/05/2021 12:48:24 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 05/05/2021 12:48:24 PM
Council Coordinator for the Middle East she said. ‘We remember and honor these and North Africa, and Dana Stroul, the brave servicemen and women. But it was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for also at its heart a response to the heroism the Middle East. The final segment of the of the Iraqi Kurdish people, a recognition commemoration heard from three retired of the immense courage of the Kurdish U.S. generals who played a pivotal role in people rising up against Saddam implementing Operation Provide Comfort Hussein’s tyranny and the immense in 1991: General John Abizaid, General hardships endured by hundreds of Jay Garner, and General Jim Jones. thousands.’ She noted the times since then that American and Kurdish forces President Masoud Barzani have worked together to defeat tyranny and terrorism. She said that today ‘the In his remarks, President Barzani thanked partnership between our armed forces is the then leaders of the United States, the stronger than ever.’ UK, France, and Turkey for assisting the people of Kurdistan in the spring of 1991 The military perspective after Saddam Hussein’s forces attacked them. President Barzani also thanked In the final segment of the Secretary Baker and the three generals, commemoration, General Abizaid, who as well as Retired Colonel Dick Naab, for later served as commander of U.S. their roles in the operation. However, Central Command from 2003 to 2007, President Barzani called on the United said, The peaceful autonomous region of States and other friends of Kurdistan to Kurdistan should not be unnoticed by continue to protect the region. He said, anyone in the Middle East. The Kurds The people of Kurdistan have not have shown you can live in a hostile achieved all their goals, nor have they neighborhood by defending yourself. We reached their ultimate aim. There are still need to keep this island of stability strong significant dangers that threaten the and prosperous.’ Kurdistan Region. I ask that this support, this backing, continues and that the General Garner said that he admired protection of the people of Kurdistan be three attributes that the people of your priority.’ Kurdistan had displayed: perseverance, mercy, and loyalty. He said Operation Secretary Baker Provide Comfort had had a big impact on the American servicemen and women Secretary Baker reflected on his visit to involved. ‘We left Kurdistan with our the border-mountains in April 1991 to see American bodies but with Kurdish hearts.’ the situation for himself. He said he saw General Garner was later awarded the ‘an incredible humanitarian nightmare.’ Department of Defense Medal for He called President George HW Bush Distinguished Public Service by President and urged him to speak to the U.N. George W. Bush. Secretary-General to appoint a relief coordinator and called the then-Secretary General Jim Jones, who later served as of Defense Dick Cheney to ask that he the Commandant of the Marine Corps cut through bureaucratic delays to help and Commander, United States European the refugees. Secretary Baker later Command and Supreme Allied described Kurdistan ‘as the success story Commander Europe, said, The most of Iraq’ and noted his appreciation for defining and satisfying experience in my what the region has achieved in the past career was being part of Operation three decades. Provide Comfort.’ He said that he and others who served with him on the Minister Zebari mission were prepared to stay on and protect the people of Kurdistan, despite Mr. Zebari thanked Secretary Baker and being away from home for eight months, said that his 12-minutes stop at the should the Iraqi regime have attacked border had left its mark on Kurdish them again. history. He said that the U.S. launched ‘one of the most successful humanitarian He agreed with the other participants in operations in the history of the United this discussion that more should be done Nations.’ He said the peshmerga resisted to protect and support Kurdistan Region, the Iraqi regime’s aggression in 1991, but which still faces security challenges. 2/19 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 05/05/2021 12:48:24 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 05/05/2021 12:48:24 PM
their resources were limited, and without General Jones said, ‘From a strategic the support of the United States and standpoint, it is really important for the Coalition, they could not hold out. He U.S. to remain present and visible’ in noted the role of the international media Kurdistan. in bringing attention to what might otherwise have been a forgotten The event was televised in the Kurdistan humanitarian disaster. Region by Rudaw Media Network and watched live through Zoom and various Mr. McGurk social media platforms around the world.
NSC Coordinator McGurk joined the A video of the event is available here: event virtually from the White House. He OPC Webinar noted the long, historic relationship between the U.S. and Kurdistan Region. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman Representative to the United States Kurdistan Regional Government
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Season 2 Episode 4 - Interview with Dr. David Pollock
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This month, the Kurdistan in America podcast is honored to have Dr. David Pollock as its guest. Dr. Pollock is the Bernstein Fellow and Director of the Fikra Forum at The Washington Institute. He sheds light on his experience working as a regional expert on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff during Operation Provide Comfort, his visit to Baghdad at the height of the conflict in December 2006, and his first visit to the Kurdistan Region. Additionally, Dr. Pollock shares his insight on the evolution of the US Kurdish policy throughout the years and across administrations, including the current one under President Biden. He also gives his views on the US-lraq Strategic Dialogue and the situation in Sinjar.
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Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani took part in a seminar arranged by the Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, on Tuesday. The President addressed the university seminar via a...
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President Barzani's statement on Anfal Genocide
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Deputy PM Qubad Talabani meets with US Ambassador to Iraq
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The Turning Point: Operation Provide Comfort
The Kurdistan Regional Government it Representation in the United States hosted a webinar commemorating the ! » 30th anniversary of Operation Provide Comfort, a remarkable humanitarian action, led by the United States, the UK, and France, which saved hundreds of thousands of Kurds who had fled the genocidal actions of Saddam Hussein in 1991.
The Kurds in the Middle East Session One: Justice for Kurds
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Session Two: Regional Power Competition REGIONAL POWER Emma Sky, Senior Fellow and Director, - "OMPETITION Jackson Institute for Global Affairs \ND THE -sr Gen. David Petraeus, Jackson Senior KURDS Fellow, Yale University; Chairman, KKR 1 Global Institute Amb. Dennis Ross, William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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Turkish forces target suspected PKK Iraqi Kurds Say Major IS Attack on positions in Kurdistan Region Capital Was Foiled
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Pollock as its guest. Dr. Pollock is the Bernstein Fellow and Director of the Fikra Forum at The Washington Institute. He sheds light on his experience working as a regional expert on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff during Operation Provide Comfort, his visit to Baghdad at the height of the conflict in December 2006, and his first visit to the Kurdistan Region. Additionally, Dr. Pollock shares his insight on the evolution of the US Kurdish policy throughout the years and across administrations, including the current one under President Biden. He also gives his views on the US-lraq Strategic Dialogue and the situation in Sinjar.
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The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, in partnership with the nonprofit organization Justice for Kurds, will host a four-part virtual discussion series on “The Kurds in the Middle East.”
Panel discussions will then include an impressive array of American, European, and Middle Eastern practitioners, including senior Kurdish representatives from Iraq and Syria. Read more about the speakers
The virtual sessions will take place every Tuesday, between April 13 and May 4, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm EST.
The sessions will be open to the Yale community and general public, as well as recorded for distribution afterward.
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Session # 4: Does America Need a New Strategy for Iraq, Syria, and the Kurds?
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Panelists Amb. Robert Ford, Jackson Senior Fellow, Yale University Kenneth Pollack, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
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Subject: Reminder: KRG-US April 2021 newsletter From: Kurdistan Regional Government - USA
Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States Washington D.C.
Welcome to our April 2021 Newsletter
Mr. McGurk said the Kurds have a lot of friends in the new White House and throughout the Biden Administration. ‘On behalf of President Biden, who has such a long and personal history with Iraq and the Kurdish people, I would like to express my support for the enduring relationship with the Kurdistan Regional Government and my gratitude for the Kurdish and American heroes who made Operation Provide Comfort possible,’ Mr. McGurk said.
He added, Thirty years after that operation, what began as a humanitarian In case you missed it, the Kurdistan mission is now a true strategic Regional Government Representation in partnership. What the Iraqi Kurdish the United States hosted a people built from the ashes of tyranny has commemoration of Operation Provide inspired a generation of young people in Comfort this week that included keynote the Middle East.’ remarks by President Masoud Barzani, and reflections on this remarkable Ms. Stroul humanitarian mission by former U.S. Secretary of State James A Baker, III and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Stroul delivered her message from the Hoshyar Zebari. Pentagon. She greeted the participants on behalf of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Here, I would like to outline the many Austin and said the partnership between significant messages that were delivered the U.S. and Kurdistan remains strong, at this occasion and point you to the video strategic, and essential to this day. of the webinar that is available below. There were plenty of other events and She noted that more than 20,000 people developments in Kurdistan this past were involved in Operation Provide month, which can be seen in the Comfort and that in the first 20 days of the newsletter below. operation, massive American military planes flew 75 missions across the Back to the commemoration of Operation Atlantic to deliver relief supplies to the Provide Comfort. I was honored to refugees. ‘It was a heroic effort, moderate the webinar, which heard supported by over a dozen allied and messages of solidarity and support from partner countries from around the world,’ Brett McGurk, the U.S. National Security 1 / 19 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 05/05/2021 12:48:24 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 05/05/2021 12:48:24 PM
Council Coordinator for the Middle East she said. ‘We remember and honor these and North Africa, and Dana Stroul, the brave servicemen and women. But it was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for also at its heart a response to the heroism the Middle East. The final segment of the of the Iraqi Kurdish people, a recognition commemoration heard from three retired of the immense courage of the Kurdish U.S. generals who played a pivotal role in people rising up against Saddam implementing Operation Provide Comfort Hussein’s tyranny and the immense in 1991: General John Abizaid, General hardships endured by hundreds of Jay Garner, and General Jim Jones. thousands.’ She noted the times since then that American and Kurdish forces President Masoud Barzani have worked together to defeat tyranny and terrorism. She said that today ‘the In his remarks, President Barzani thanked partnership between our armed forces is the then leaders of the United States, the stronger than ever.’ UK, France, and Turkey for assisting the people of Kurdistan in the spring of 1991 The military perspective after Saddam Hussein’s forces attacked them. President Barzani also thanked In the final segment of the Secretary Baker and the three generals, commemoration, General Abizaid, who as well as Retired Colonel Dick Naab, for later served as commander of U.S. their roles in the operation. However, Central Command from 2003 to 2007, President Barzani called on the United said, The peaceful autonomous region of States and other friends of Kurdistan to Kurdistan should not be unnoticed by continue to protect the region. He said, anyone in the Middle East. The Kurds The people of Kurdistan have not have shown you can live in a hostile achieved all their goals, nor have they neighborhood by defending yourself. We reached their ultimate aim. There are still need to keep this island of stability strong significant dangers that threaten the and prosperous.’ Kurdistan Region. I ask that this support, this backing, continues and that the General Garner said that he admired protection of the people of Kurdistan be three attributes that the people of your priority.’ Kurdistan had displayed: perseverance, mercy, and loyalty. He said Operation Secretary Baker Provide Comfort had had a big impact on the American servicemen and women Secretary Baker reflected on his visit to involved. ‘We left Kurdistan with our the border-mountains in April 1991 to see American bodies but with Kurdish hearts.’ the situation for himself. He said he saw General Garner was later awarded the ‘an incredible humanitarian nightmare.’ Department of Defense Medal for He called President George HW Bush Distinguished Public Service by President and urged him to speak to the U.N. George W. Bush. Secretary-General to appoint a relief coordinator and called the then-Secretary General Jim Jones, who later served as of Defense Dick Cheney to ask that he the Commandant of the Marine Corps cut through bureaucratic delays to help and Commander, United States European the refugees. Secretary Baker later Command and Supreme Allied described Kurdistan ‘as the success story Commander Europe, said, The most of Iraq’ and noted his appreciation for defining and satisfying experience in my what the region has achieved in the past career was being part of Operation three decades. Provide Comfort.’ He said that he and others who served with him on the Minister Zebari mission were prepared to stay on and protect the people of Kurdistan, despite Mr. Zebari thanked Secretary Baker and being away from home for eight months, said that his 12-minutes stop at the should the Iraqi regime have attacked border had left its mark on Kurdish them again. history. He said that the U.S. launched ‘one of the most successful humanitarian He agreed with the other participants in operations in the history of the United this discussion that more should be done Nations.’ He said the peshmerga resisted to protect and support Kurdistan Region, the Iraqi regime’s aggression in 1991, but which still faces security challenges. 2/19 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 05/05/2021 12:48:24 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 05/05/2021 12:48:24 PM
their resources were limited, and without General Jones said, ‘From a strategic the support of the United States and standpoint, it is really important for the Coalition, they could not hold out. He U.S. to remain present and visible’ in noted the role of the international media Kurdistan. in bringing attention to what might otherwise have been a forgotten The event was televised in the Kurdistan humanitarian disaster. Region by Rudaw Media Network and watched live through Zoom and various Mr. McGurk social media platforms around the world.
NSC Coordinator McGurk joined the A video of the event is available here: event virtually from the White House. He OPC Webinar noted the long, historic relationship between the U.S. and Kurdistan Region. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman Representative to the United States Kurdistan Regional Government
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Representative Abdul Rahman briefs KRG envoy takes part in key meetings members of Congress as part of Iraq delegation
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Rahman recently briefed members of the Kurdistan Regional Government US Congress about the security situation Representative to the United States, in Kurdistan Region and Iraq and... joined officials from the Iraqi embassy in Washington to take part... Read more Read more
Representative Abdul Rahman Members of U.S. Congress introduce discusses security issues with DASD resolution commemorating Operation Stroul Provide Comfort
Representative Bayan Sami Abul Members of the U.S. Congress’s House Rahman and Dana Stroul, the of Representatives this week introduced a Department of Defense Deputy Assistant resolution to commemorate Operation Secretary for the Middle East, had a Provide Comfort and re-affirm the... virtual meeting... Read more
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Season 2 Episode 4 - Interview with Dr. David Pollock
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This month, the Kurdistan in America podcast is honored to have Dr. David Pollock as its guest. Dr. Pollock is the Bernstein Fellow and Director of the Fikra Forum at The Washington Institute. He sheds light on his experience working as a regional expert on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff during Operation Provide Comfort, his visit to Baghdad at the height of the conflict in December 2006, and his first visit to the Kurdistan Region. Additionally, Dr. Pollock shares his insight on the evolution of the US Kurdish policy throughout the years and across administrations, including the current one under President Biden. He also gives his views on the US-lraq Strategic Dialogue and the situation in Sinjar.
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Kurdistan's President meets with Iraq's President
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Dr. Barham Salih, Iraq's President, in Erbil on Thursday. At the meeting, attended by Kurdistan Region Vice Presidents and Deputy Prime Minister, the...
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President Barzani meets with Vatican Ambassador
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Mr. Mitja Leskovar, the Vatican Ambassador to Iraq, on his first official visit to the Kurdistan Region since he assumed office. President Nechirvan...
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President Barzani sends letter to UN Security Council
In a formal letter addressed to the United Nation's Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and members of the UN Security Council, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani urges the international...
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Kurdistan Region President receives the Head of UNITAD
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Mr. Karim Khan, Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh (UNITAD), in...
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President Barzani and Prime Minister Khadimi meet in Baghdad
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met with the Prime Minister of Iraq, Mr. Mustafa Kadhimi, in Baghdad on Saturday. Discussions focused on cooperation and coordination between the institutions of...
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President Barzani takes part in Yale seminar on Kurds
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani took part in a seminar arranged by the Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, on Tuesday. The President addressed the university seminar via a...
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President Barzani's statement on Anfal Genocide
Today, we remember the 33rd anniversary of the Anfal operations, which was one of the most vicious crimes committed by the former Iraqi regime. Hundreds of thousands of innocent women, men, children and...
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PM Barzani receives call from US Secretary of State
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani spoke at length today with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on issues of shared interest and concern. On security developments, both strongly...
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PM's Statement on creating a Criminal Court for ISIS Crimes
Today we approved draft legislation to establish a criminal court in the Kurdistan Region to hold ISIS accountable for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Once voted on and passed into law, this legislation will...
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Prime Minister Barzani welcomes Deputy US Special Envoy
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today met with Deputy US Special Envoy to Syria, David Brownstein, and US Consul General in Erbil, Rob Waller, to discuss the latest developments in Iraq ...
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Barzani welcomes int. condemnation of Erbil terrorist attack
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today issued the following statement: "I welcome this clear, unanimous condemnation by friends and partners of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of the...
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Prime Minister Barzani meets with US Ambassador to Iraq
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today met with US Ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Tueller, and US Consul General in Erbil, Rob Waller, to discuss the latest developments in Iraq and ties...
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PM Masrour Barzani press conference on budget deal
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today announced that the Kurdistan Regional Government will be taking immediate steps to implement the 2021 federal budget bill, and called on the federal government to...
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Deputy PM Qubad Talabani meets with US Ambassador to Iraq
Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani today met with US Ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Tueller, and US Consul General in Erbil, Rob Waller, to discuss ongoing strategic dialogue between...
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Deputy PM Qubad Talabani visits Kurdistan Parliament
Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, leading the Baghdad negotiation team, today visited the Kurdistan Parliament and met with the Parliamentary Speaker and several members of parliament.
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Deputy PM Talabani holds meeting on drought preparedness
Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani today chaired a special meeting with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, the Governors of Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, Duhok, and...
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DPM Talabani lays the foundation stone of sugar factory
Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani today marked the official start of construction for the Bitwen sugar factory, announcing the government will continue to facilitate investments for...
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KRG takes significant steps to improve electricity
The Ministry of Electricity is responsible for distributing electricity to citizens and to major infrastructure projects in the Kurdistan Region, and for developing and upgrading the Region's power grid.
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Parliament passes Law on the Import and Sale of Oil Products
The Kurdistan Parliament sat on 20 April for readings of several bills and passed the Law on the Import and Sale of Oil Products, with Speaker Faiq presiding over the sitting.
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Parliament condemns terrorist attack on Coalition Forces
The Kurdistan Parliament condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on the night of 14th April on the Global Coalition forces' base inside Erbil International Airport which was carried out by a drone. The people of...
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Parliament conveys best wishes on Yazidi New Year
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With the celebration of Charshama Sur, the Yazidi New Year, we convey our best wishes to Yazidis in Kurdistan, Iraq and the world. On this holy occasion, we hope for a better life and peace for all humanity, greater...
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Parliament's Presidency wishes Christians Happy Easter
On behalf of the Kurdistan Parliament, we wish our Christian brothers and sisters a Happy Easter. Kurdistan is a centre of peaceful coexistence of different ethnicities, religions and communities, and we have always shared our...
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Kurdistan in the Media
The Turning Point: Operation Provide Comfort
The Kurdistan Regional Government it Representation in the United States hosted a webinar commemorating the 30th anniversary of Operation Provide ! » Comfort, a remarkable humanitarian action, led by the United States, the UK, and France, which saved hundreds of thousands of Kurds who had fled the genocidal actions of Saddam Hussein in 1991.
The Kurds in the Middle East Session One: Justice for Kurds
Address from Kurdistan Region President
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Emma Sky, Senior Fellow and Director, WCE Jackson Institute for Global Affairs Thomas Kaplan, Chairman, Justice for .urds Kurds, and Bernard-Henri Levy, Author, and President, Justice for Kurds
Session Two: Regional Power Competition REGIONAL POWER Emma Sky, Senior Fellow and Director, - "OMPETITION Jackson Institute for Global Affairs \ND THE -sr Gen. David Petraeus, Jackson Senior KURDS Fellow, Yale University; Chairman, KKR 1 Global Institute Amb. Dennis Ross, William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Session Three: Kurdish Perspectives from the Region KURDISH Rory Stewart, Jackson Senior Fellow PERSPECTIVES ROM THE Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan r REGION Regional Government Representative to §*' ^1 the United States Sinam Mohamad, Representative of the 4 Syrian Democratic Council to the United States
KRG PM describes bill establishing Iraqi president discusses elections new court to prosecute crimes of ISIS with Kurdish leaders in Erbil
The Kurdistan Regional Government's Iraqi President Barham Salih met with (KRG) Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, Kurdistan Region’s top officials in Erbil issued a statement on Wednesday on Thursday, discussing upcoming explaining his cabinet's approval of... elections.
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In Iraqi Kurdistan, book clubs and The New Drone Threat Facing Iraqi science fiction offer 'escape' Kurdistan’s Erbil
Huda Kathem waits anxiously for On the night of April 14, residents of feedback on her first novel, scrutinised Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital city Erbil heard by a book club in Iraqi Kurdistan's Arbil, a loud explosion in the city’s where young authors are breathing... international airport. Many initially suspected it was... Read more Read more
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Turkish forces target suspected PKK Iraqi Kurds Say Major IS Attack on positions in Kurdistan Region Capital Was Foiled
The Turkish military on Saturday Iraqi Kurdish officials announced launched a large-scale operation, Monday that their counterterrorism unit dubbed Claw-Lightning, in the Kurdistan arrested five Islamic State (IS) suspects Region close to its northern border... who had penetrated the autonomous Kurdistan... Read more Read more
Survivors at "fatherless" Kurdistan From mountain to mountain: A Region village remember lost loved veteran Peshmerga's battle against ones, teach children of Anfal hunters
Most of the children in this village don’t After a career in the Kurdistan Region’s know what Anfal means, but they do security forces that spanned more than know their grandfathers are not alive. three decades, Jalal Sheikh Karim On April 14 the Kurdistan Region... retired in 2019 and dedicated his life to... Read more Read more
Global Kurdish Film Festival aims to Iraqi Militia Attacks Against Kurdish promote Kurdistan beyond borders Peshmerga Benefit The Islamic State
Organizers launched the first-ever If Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militias Global Kurdish Film Festival on April 16, continue targeting Iraqi Kurdistan and an online event that is expected to its Peshmerga forces, remnants of the showcase over 100 films and will... Islamic State (ISIS) will ultimately be...
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Halgurd-Sakran: National park and Iraq's Kurdish farmers in anguish as battleground drought kills harvest season
Crystal clear, ice-cold water rushes Kurdish farmers look over their crops through a narrow gorge, tumbling over with dread. Every day without rainfall is rocks and under a rickety bridge. Cliffs another day when the reality that their tower overhead, the rock face of one... agricultural season is prematurely...
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