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Iraq’s parliament speaker: Three dispute points among the various blocs solved and the budget will be approved
Baghdad: Iraq’s Parliament Speaker, Saleem al-Jubouri announced on Thursday, that the three contention points among the parliamentary blocs on the approval of the financial budget for the current year have been solved. Jubouri said in a joint press conference with Minister of Interior, Mohammed Salem al-Ghaban, that “There are three points of dispute in the budget and I can say that they have been resolved among the various blocs, leaving only the formulation of writing those points.” “The points of contention are mechanism of exporting Kurdistan oil through the recent agreement between Baghdad and Erbil, the enactment of the National Guard Law and the financial allocations for the implementation of national reconciliation.” shafaaq.com | Ekurd.net
Kurdish PUK MP blaming KDP and Gorran for unpaid Kurdistan Region staff salaries by Baghdad
Erbil: January is almost over and the Iraqi federal government hasn’t sent the Kurdistan region’s budget share and salaries yet, and an Iraqi MP puts the blame on Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP and Gorran (Change) parties. Dr. Bakhtiar Shawais, MP from Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK bloc,said that the problem is related to KDP and Gorran not PUK as they are controlling Oil and Finance ministries of KRG. Last year the former Iraqi PM, Al-Maliki, decided to stop paying Kurdistan region staff and stop sending the budget allowances which then KDP and Goran started accusing PUK for it. At the end of last year, Baghdad and Erbil signed an oil agreement to solve the disputes between both sides. The federal government is not dispensing the salaries of the Kurdistan Regional staff and Peshmerga forces, accusing KRG for not complying with the agreement…milletpress.com | Ekurd.net
Kurdistan Region to vote on 2015 Budget law: MP
Baghdad: Iraqi MP, Mohsin Sadoun, of the Kurdistani Alliance, the main body of the Kurds in Iraqi Parliament, announced settling the pending issues between Iraq’s central government and Kurdistan Region, Iraqi news reported. Sadoun said “All the pending issues over the oil between Iraq’s fed. government and Kurdistan Region are settled and the Kurdistani Alliance will vote on the Budget law.” Ekurd.net
Erbil police: Cars from the desired type by Islamic State, stolen
Erbil police announced on Thursday, the theft of nine cars . pick-up type called locally ( Marzia) which is the desired type by Islamic State group IS militants. The spokesman of Erbil police, Karwan Abdul Karim said in a news conference in Erbil, that “The past period witnessed the theft of nine vehicles type of pickup, called locally (Marzia) in Erbil, noting that the last case took place yesterday evening as gunfire took place between police and accused of stealing the car “. He added that police were able at the end to arrest him in possession of two pistols, pointing out that the defendant’s home was inspected , it was found in possession , many of the suspicious materials of weapons and gold and fake selling receipts issued from Slemani (Sulaimaniyah). On the allegations suggest that these cars are stolen after being sold to IS groups, Abdel Karim said that the investigative procedures are underway until now and can not anticipate events, adding that he calls the citizens to cooperate with police…shafaaq.com | Ekurd.net
Roadside Bomb kills 1 Peshmerga office and wounded 3 others
Tuz Khurmatu: A roadside bomb attack killed 1 Kurdish Peshmerga officer and wounded 3 others early Thursday morning on Zarga Bridge between Khurmatu- Tikrit. A local security force officer said that following the incidence their forces started investigating the areas. The source added that one of the injured Peshmerga is in critical condition and he has been moved to Kirkuk Hospital. milletpress.com
KDP official : Erdogan’s remarks interference in Syria Kurdistan affairs
Erbil: A parliament deputy from Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Massoud Barzani, lashed out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said the president’s Tuesday remarks are interference in Syria Kurdistan affairs. In remarks after the liberation of Syria Kurdish town of Kobani, Erdogan harshly blamed the report and said Ankara does not accept “another northern Iraq (Kurdish-rule region) in Syria.” Farhan Jawhar told Asharq al-Awsat that “we were annoyed in Kurdistan Region by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks; as the remarks are interference in Syria Kurdistan’s internal affairs. We hope Turkey would respect the Syrian citizens’ demands as they are the people who decide what to have and would make their own future.” The others are not allowed to make decisions for Syrian Kurds, he further said. Syrian Kurds, aided by the international anti-IS coalition and the Kurdish forces of Peshmerga from Kurdistan Region of Iraq, liberated on Monday Kobani from the radical militants of the IS after 133 days of heavy clashes. kurdpress.ir
Dr. Mahmoud: There are assurances from Iraqi government to implement Article 140 soon
Baghdad: The leading figure of the Kurdistan Alliance former MP, Mahmoud Othman confirmed existence of assurances from the Iraqi government to implement Article 140 of the Constitution soon, pointing out that “the solution to the problem of Article 140 in practice has great difficulty because of different views towards it.” Othman said in a statement “The current relations between the components of Iraq are better than before, and there are agreements have contributed to solve some of the problems between the federal government and the Kurdistan region.” Othman added, “The next few months will reveal the extent of the possibility of the survival of the agreements and promoting and developing relations between the blocs “, expressing hope to continue cooperation between the government and the parliament to solve all the problems and the outstanding problems.” ninanews.com | Ekurd.net
Turkey, Lebanon restart Baghdad flights after shooting, Gulf waits
Baghdad: Turkish Airlines and Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines (MEA) resumed flights to Baghdad on Thursday after halting them earlier in the week when bullets hit a plane as it was landing in the Iraqi capital. Samir Kubba, the head of Iraq’s civil aviation authority, told Reuters a flight from Istanbul had landed and another from Beirut was expected shortly. An MEA official and the Turkish Airlines website confirmed that both carriers, which provide daily flights to Baghdad, had resumed service. At least seven airlines suspended flights to Baghdad following the shooting incident. Dubai Aviation Corp, known as flydubai, Emirates Airlines, Sharjah’s Air Arabia and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways suspended flights in line with a directive from the United Arab Emirates’ civil aviation authority…AFP
Iraqi oil parliamentary committee postpone its visit to Kurdistan
Baghdad: parliamentary committee on oil and energy postponed its visit to the Kurdistan region until the end of the vote on the draft budget for 2015. Chairman of the Committee, Kurdistan Alliance’s MP AreZ Abdullah said “The committee had postponed its visit because of continuing sessions of Iraqi parliament, and we are waiting for the final report of the Finance Committee on the draft budget.” He added: “The mutual visits, coordination and cooperation between Baghdad and Erbil will lead to resolve the outstanding problems and build confidence and restore to normal.” It was scheduled the Parliamentary Committee on Energy Wednesday heads to Erbil, to discuss with the Ministry of Natural Resources and its counterpart Committee in the Parliament of Kurdistan, the outstanding problems between the governments of the center and the region. The governments of the center and the Kurdistan region reached, in December, 2 after two days of negotiations, an agreement on the budget and the region’s share of oil exports. ninanews.com | Ekurd.net
Kurdish Peshmarga repel an attack of Islamic State and kill 30 jihadi militants in Aski in Mosul
Erbil: A security source in Nineveh revealed on Thursday, that Kurdish Peshmarga forces repelled an attack by Islamic State group IS Wednesday night on Aski area in Mosul (50 km northwest Mosul city), referring to killing tens of terrorists during the operation, which ended with their defeat. “The attack happened after 10 p.m. on Wednesday evening and lasted for hours, indicating that the terrorists surrounded a number of Peshmarga sites in the beginning of the process,” an informed source said. However, Peshmarga quickly had a court plan and managed to repel the IS jihadists who were on foot, confirming the deaths of more than thirty IS elements as many of their bodies are still left in the region. He added that the process ended with the defeat of terrorists after suffering from heavy losses, as it is likely the cooperation of some residents of the area with the terrorists because of the intensity of the attack…shafaaq.com | Ekurd.net
Iraqi Parliament’s security and defense committee to visit Kurdistan next Saturday
Baghdad: Iraqi security and defense committee in the parliament formed a delegation headed by chairman of Hakim Al-Zamili to visit autonomous Kurdistan Region, next Saturday. A member of the Committee of Kurdistan Alliance MP Abdul Aziz Hassan National Iraqi news “The delegation of the Committee on Security in Parliament will meet the Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and his deputy, Qubad Talabani, in addition to the Minister of Peshmerga Affairs Mustafa Sayid Qadir and secretary-general of the ministry Jabbar Yawar, and some heads of security in the region. ” He added that “they will discuss the problems and obstacles in the structure of the Iraqi army, and some of the laws governing the work of the security,” Ekurd.net
PUK asks PYD to mend ties with Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
Alemani: The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), a ruling party in Iraqi autonomous Kurdistan region, asked the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to mend its ties with the Iraqi Kurdistan. Sending a message to the PYD on the advent of the release of the northern besieged city Kobani, PUK asked the Syrian Kurdish party to mend its relation with Erbil government and provide a better situation for cooperation among Syrian Kurdish parties. “better ties between Syrian Kurds and Kurdistan Regional Government as well as solving tensions among Syrian Kurdish parties will undoubtedly strengthen the status of Cantons and boost national feeling,” the PUK message said. The PYD has established three cantons in Syria Kurdish region and each canton has its local parliament. The message expressed hope that after Kobani’s victory over the Islamic State (IS), the PYD would try to execute the Dohuk Agreement. The agreement on October 22, 2014 asks for better cooperation between Syrian Kurdish parties and joint rule over the cantons. The PUK also asked the international community and the UN to rush to reconstruct Kobani that was liberated from the IS days ago after more than four months of besiege. kurdpress.ir | Ekurd.net
Kurdish Peshmergas kill two Kurdish Islamic State militants
Erbil: Kurdistan’s Peshmerga forces killed two Kurdish Islamic State group IS leaders (Amirs) near the city of Mousl Tuesday. A Peshmerga source said that following artillery attacks on IS bases around the city of Mousl two Kurdish IS Amirs were killed. The bodies of the two IS Amirs were investigated by Peshmerga and identified as the IS commanders of Bashik and Nawaran villages. milletpress.com | Ekurd.net
New Leaflets for Health Education in Kurdish Villages
Wadi NGO has just printed thousands of copies of five new leaflets, which will be used by the Mobile Teams during their viisits in the villages. The leaflets are locally developed according to the needs of the village women, who are still mostly illiterate and deal with issues like faily planning, healthy diet for children, easy physical exercices and other topics. wadi-online.de
Vice President of European Parliament: Kurds Deserve Independence
Brussels: A member of the European parliament says that Kurdish people deserve independence, recognising it as an oasis of calm in the troubled region. Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative to the European Union (EU) Dlawar Azhgayi met the Vice President of EP, Ryszard Czarnecki, on Wednesday. Azhgayi told Czarnecki that the Kurdistan Region currently hosts almost 1.8 million refuges and internally displaced people, and asked the EP to donate further humanitarian aid. Then Czarnecki accepted an invitation to visit the Kurdistan region. The Vice President of EP praised the heroic resistance of the Peshmerga and wished them success in the ongoing fight against Islamic State (IS) militants. He also noted the developing democracy, peaceful co-existence and harmony in Kurdistan, saying that the people deserve independence…basnews.com | Ekurd.net
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Editorial Staff in Iraqi Kurdistan News in brief
Iraq’s parliament speaker: Three dispute points among the various blocs solved and the budget will be approved
Baghdad: Iraq’s Parliament Speaker, Saleem al-Jubouri announced on Thursday, that the three contention points among the parliamentary blocs on the approval of the financial budget for the current year have been solved. Jubouri said in a joint press conference with Minister of Interior, Mohammed Salem al-Ghaban, that “There are three points of dispute in the budget and I can say that they have been resolved among the various blocs, leaving only the formulation of writing those points.” “The points of contention are mechanism of exporting Kurdistan oil through the recent agreement between Baghdad and Erbil, the enactment of the National Guard Law and the financial allocations for the implementation of national reconciliation.” shafaaq.com | Ekurd.net
Kurdish PUK MP blaming KDP and Gorran for unpaid Kurdistan Region staff salaries by Baghdad
Erbil: January is almost over and the Iraqi federal government hasn’t sent the Kurdistan region’s budget share and salaries yet, and an Iraqi MP puts the blame on Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP and Gorran (Change) parties. Dr. Bakhtiar Shawais, MP from Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK bloc,said that the problem is related to KDP and Gorran not PUK as they are controlling Oil and Finance ministries of KRG. Last year the former Iraqi PM, Al-Maliki, decided to stop paying Kurdistan region staff and stop sending the budget allowances which then KDP and Goran started accusing PUK for it. At the end of last year, Baghdad and Erbil signed an oil agreement to solve the disputes between both sides. The federal government is not dispensing the salaries of the Kurdistan Regional staff and Peshmerga forces, accusing KRG for not complying with the agreement…milletpress.com | Ekurd.net
Kurdistan Region to vote on 2015 Budget law: MP
Baghdad: Iraqi MP, Mohsin Sadoun, of the Kurdistani Alliance, the main body of the Kurds in Iraqi Parliament, announced settling the pending issues between Iraq’s central government and Kurdistan Region, Iraqi news reported. Sadoun said “All the pending issues over the oil between Iraq’s fed. government and Kurdistan Region are settled and the Kurdistani Alliance will vote on the Budget law.” Ekurd.net
Erbil police: Cars from the desired type by Islamic State, stolen
Erbil police announced on Thursday, the theft of nine cars . pick-up type called locally ( Marzia) which is the desired type by Islamic State group IS militants. The spokesman of Erbil police, Karwan Abdul Karim said in a news conference in Erbil, that “The past period witnessed the theft of nine vehicles type of pickup, called locally (Marzia) in Erbil, noting that the last case took place yesterday evening as gunfire took place between police and accused of stealing the car “. He added that police were able at the end to arrest him in possession of two pistols, pointing out that the defendant’s home was inspected , it was found in possession , many of the suspicious materials of weapons and gold and fake selling receipts issued from Slemani (Sulaimaniyah). On the allegations suggest that these cars are stolen after being sold to IS groups, Abdel Karim said that the investigative procedures are underway until now and can not anticipate events, adding that he calls the citizens to cooperate with police…shafaaq.com | Ekurd.net
Roadside Bomb kills 1 Peshmerga office and wounded 3 others
Tuz Khurmatu: A roadside bomb attack killed 1 Kurdish Peshmerga officer and wounded 3 others early Thursday morning on Zarga Bridge between Khurmatu- Tikrit. A local security force officer said that following the incidence their forces started investigating the areas. The source added that one of the injured Peshmerga is in critical condition and he has been moved to Kirkuk Hospital. milletpress.com
KDP official : Erdogan’s remarks interference in Syria Kurdistan affairs
Erbil: A parliament deputy from Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Massoud Barzani, lashed out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said the president’s Tuesday remarks are interference in Syria Kurdistan affairs. In remarks after the liberation of Syria Kurdish town of Kobani, Erdogan harshly blamed the report and said Ankara does not accept “another northern Iraq (Kurdish-rule region) in Syria.” Farhan Jawhar told Asharq al-Awsat that “we were annoyed in Kurdistan Region by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks; as the remarks are interference in Syria Kurdistan’s internal affairs. We hope Turkey would respect the Syrian citizens’ demands as they are the people who decide what to have and would make their own future.” The others are not allowed to make decisions for Syrian Kurds, he further said. Syrian Kurds, aided by the international anti-IS coalition and the Kurdish forces of Peshmerga from Kurdistan Region of Iraq, liberated on Monday Kobani from the radical militants of the IS after 133 days of heavy clashes. kurdpress.ir
Dr. Mahmoud: There are assurances from Iraqi government to implement Article 140 soon
Baghdad: The leading figure of the Kurdistan Alliance former MP, Mahmoud Othman confirmed existence of assurances from the Iraqi government to implement Article 140 of the Constitution soon, pointing out that “the solution to the problem of Article 140 in practice has great difficulty because of different views towards it.” Othman said in a statement “The current relations between the components of Iraq are better than before, and there are agreements have contributed to solve some of the problems between the federal government and the Kurdistan region.” Othman added, “The next few months will reveal the extent of the possibility of the survival of the agreements and promoting and developing relations between the blocs “, expressing hope to continue cooperation between the government and the parliament to solve all the problems and the outstanding problems.” ninanews.com | Ekurd.net
Turkey, Lebanon restart Baghdad flights after shooting, Gulf waits
Baghdad: Turkish Airlines and Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines (MEA) resumed flights to Baghdad on Thursday after halting them earlier in the week when bullets hit a plane as it was landing in the Iraqi capital. Samir Kubba, the head of Iraq’s civil aviation authority, told Reuters a flight from Istanbul had landed and another from Beirut was expected shortly. An MEA official and the Turkish Airlines website confirmed that both carriers, which provide daily flights to Baghdad, had resumed service. At least seven airlines suspended flights to Baghdad following the shooting incident. Dubai Aviation Corp, known as flydubai, Emirates Airlines, Sharjah’s Air Arabia and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways suspended flights in line with a directive from the United Arab Emirates’ civil aviation authority…AFP
Iraqi oil parliamentary committee postpone its visit to Kurdistan
Baghdad: parliamentary committee on oil and energy postponed its visit to the Kurdistan region until the end of the vote on the draft budget for 2015. Chairman of the Committee, Kurdistan Alliance’s MP AreZ Abdullah said “The committee had postponed its visit because of continuing sessions of Iraqi parliament, and we are waiting for the final report of the Finance Committee on the draft budget.” He added: “The mutual visits, coordination and cooperation between Baghdad and Erbil will lead to resolve the outstanding problems and build confidence and restore to normal.” It was scheduled the Parliamentary Committee on Energy Wednesday heads to Erbil, to discuss with the Ministry of Natural Resources and its counterpart Committee in the Parliament of Kurdistan, the outstanding problems between the governments of the center and the region. The governments of the center and the Kurdistan region reached, in December, 2 after two days of negotiations, an agreement on the budget and the region’s share of oil exports. ninanews.com | Ekurd.net
Kurdish Peshmarga repel an attack of Islamic State and kill 30 jihadi militants in Aski in Mosul
Erbil: A security source in Nineveh revealed on Thursday, that Kurdish Peshmarga forces repelled an attack by Islamic State group IS Wednesday night on Aski area in Mosul (50 km northwest Mosul city), referring to killing tens of terrorists during the operation, which ended with their defeat. “The attack happened after 10 p.m. on Wednesday evening and lasted for hours, indicating that the terrorists surrounded a number of Peshmarga sites in the beginning of the process,” an informed source said. However, Peshmarga quickly had a court plan and managed to repel the IS jihadists who were on foot, confirming the deaths of more than thirty IS elements as many of their bodies are still left in the region. He added that the process ended with the defeat of terrorists after suffering from heavy losses, as it is likely the cooperation of some residents of the area with the terrorists because of the intensity of the attack…shafaaq.com | Ekurd.net
Iraqi Parliament’s security and defense committee to visit Kurdistan next Saturday
Baghdad: Iraqi security and defense committee in the parliament formed a delegation headed by chairman of Hakim Al-Zamili to visit autonomous Kurdistan Region, next Saturday. A member of the Committee of Kurdistan Alliance MP Abdul Aziz Hassan National Iraqi news “The delegation of the Committee on Security in Parliament will meet the Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and his deputy, Qubad Talabani, in addition to the Minister of Peshmerga Affairs Mustafa Sayid Qadir and secretary-general of the ministry Jabbar Yawar, and some heads of security in the region. ” He added that “they will discuss the problems and obstacles in the structure of the Iraqi army, and some of the laws governing the work of the security,” Ekurd.net
PUK asks PYD to mend ties with Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
Alemani: The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), a ruling party in Iraqi autonomous Kurdistan region, asked the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to mend its ties with the Iraqi Kurdistan. Sending a message to the PYD on the advent of the release of the northern besieged city Kobani, PUK asked the Syrian Kurdish party to mend its relation with Erbil government and provide a better situation for cooperation among Syrian Kurdish parties. “better ties between Syrian Kurds and Kurdistan Regional Government as well as solving tensions among Syrian Kurdish parties will undoubtedly strengthen the status of Cantons and boost national feeling,” the PUK message said. The PYD has established three cantons in Syria Kurdish region and each canton has its local parliament. The message expressed hope that after Kobani’s victory over the Islamic State (IS), the PYD would try to execute the Dohuk Agreement. The agreement on October 22, 2014 asks for better cooperation between Syrian Kurdish parties and joint rule over the cantons. The PUK also asked the international community and the UN to rush to reconstruct Kobani that was liberated from the IS days ago after more than four months of besiege. kurdpress.ir | Ekurd.net
Kurdish Peshmergas kill two Kurdish Islamic State militants
Erbil: Kurdistan’s Peshmerga forces killed two Kurdish Islamic State group IS leaders (Amirs) near the city of Mousl Tuesday. A Peshmerga source said that following artillery attacks on IS bases around the city of Mousl two Kurdish IS Amirs were killed. The bodies of the two IS Amirs were investigated by Peshmerga and identified as the IS commanders of Bashik and Nawaran villages. milletpress.com | Ekurd.net
New Leaflets for Health Education in Kurdish Villages
Wadi NGO has just printed thousands of copies of five new leaflets, which will be used by the Mobile Teams during their viisits in the villages. The leaflets are locally developed according to the needs of the village women, who are still mostly illiterate and deal with issues like faily planning, healthy diet for children, easy physical exercices and other topics. wadi-online.de
Vice President of European Parliament: Kurds Deserve Independence
Brussels: A member of the European parliament says that Kurdish people deserve independence, recognising it as an oasis of calm in the troubled region. Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative to the European Union (EU) Dlawar Azhgayi met the Vice President of EP, Ryszard Czarnecki, on Wednesday. Azhgayi told Czarnecki that the Kurdistan Region currently hosts almost 1.8 million refuges and internally displaced people, and asked the EP to donate further humanitarian aid. Then Czarnecki accepted an invitation to visit the Kurdistan region. The Vice President of EP praised the heroic resistance of the Peshmerga and wished them success in the ongoing fight against Islamic State (IS) militants. He also noted the developing democracy, peaceful co-existence and harmony in Kurdistan, saying that the people deserve independence…basnews.com | Ekurd.net
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