PUK
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PUK MP denies possibile Kurdish split over Iraqi budget approval
A member of the Kurdistan Patriotic Union (PUK) faction in the Iraqi parliament denied the predictions and possibilities that the two main ruling parties in the Kurdistan Region disagreed over the Iraqi 2021budget.
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Kurdistan Region preparing for a new and final round of talks with Baghdad
A senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has decided to form a high-level negotiating team to travel to Baghdad to resolve financial disputes between the two sides before the 2021 budget is approved.
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Bafel Talabani: We did not give so much blood to divide Kurdistan Region
The joint chairman of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced his opposition to the establishment of two administrations in the Kurdistan Region and emphasized: "We did not give so much blood to divide the Kurdistan Region into two parts."
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Malla Bakhtiar says he is waiting for PUK Supreme Council decision to take position on his membership suspension
The leading member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Supreme Political Council and Interests, Malla Bakhtiar, announced that he has postponed taking a position on his suspension decision by the PUK leadership council until after the announcement of the position of the Supreme Political Council.
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PUK suspends Malla Bakhtiar's membership for three-month
The leadership council of the Kurdistan Union Party (PUK) suspended the membership of Malla Bakhtiar, a member of the Supreme Political Council and the party's interests, for three months by a majority vote, and the deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Region, Qubad Talabani, and Riwaz Fayeq, the Kurdistan Parliament Speaker, also were warned.
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Civilians worry about Turkish attacks and civil war between Kurds
Many Kurdish civilians in the Kurdistan Region are concerned about escalating tensions between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers'Party (PKK), while expressing anger over Turkish airstrikes.