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Kurdistan government in Iraq hopes digitalization will bring investment / Adam Lucente
The Kurdistan Regional Government has made progress digitizing government services, but investors say more is needed to attract serious capital and spur startup growth.
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Nechirvan Barzani to make trip to UAE
An advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government president announced Nechiron Barzani will make a visit the UAE to attend the funeral of the late UAE president.
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Turkey's good relations with Qatar may not be enough for Erdogan / Fehim Tastekin
Erdogan’s Qatar visit failed to produce agreements that could help the ailing Turkish economy, but he wants to maintain Turkey’s partnership with Qatar, including military ties, while making efforts to reconcile with Gulf rivals.
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Where will Erdogan strike next in Syria? / Sami Moubayed
Nobody knows exactly where Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s next move in Syria will be, although most military analysts agree that he plans to launch an operation before end of this year, targeting Kurdish positions in the Syrian northeast. Erdogan said it openly on 11 October 2021, after two Turkish soldiers were killed in Syrian territory, reportedly by the Kurds, adding that he was, “running out of patience.
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UAE FM visits Syria, meets Bashar al-Assad
The UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has traveled to Damascus as a sign of rapprochement to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government for the first time since 2011, local Syrian media reported.
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Conference in Erbil pushes Baghdad-Israel normalization
More than 300 Iraqis, including tribal leaders, attended a conference in the Kurdistan Region organized by a U.S. think-tank demanding a normalization of relations between Iraq and Israel, AFP cited organizers as saying on Saturday.
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Nechirvan Barzani, Dubai Crown Prince meet in London
Nechirvan Barzani, President of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, met Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, on the sidelines of their visits to the United Kingdom.