Middle East

Arab Lecturers Go North

Teaching at Kurdish universities has its problems, but for many Arabs it is a better option than staying at home.

18 Nov 05

Former vice-president, who’s seen as a conservative, receives vote of confidence from top cleric in his bid for the premiership.

18 Nov 05

Newfound political power of city’s Kurds sparks fears that they will try to make it the capital of a Kurdish state.

18 Nov 05

Kurdish drivers say they are targeted by kidnappers on a major Iraqi highway.

18 Nov 05

Authorities warn that death toll may rise after worst-yet insurgent attack.

18 Nov 05

On the point of beheading their captive, the insurgents relented – but though he lived to tell the tale, he is emotionally scarred by the experience.

18 Nov 05

More than a month after the election, top Iraqi parties have yet to agree on a coalition government.

18 Nov 05

Fourteen years on from the Kurdish uprising, one of the Baath regime’s most notorious torture centres is open to the public.

18 Nov 05

As more mass graves are unearthed in the Kurdish region, families face the devastating task of identifying loved ones.

18 Nov 05

After losing badly in the Iraqi elections, the Turkoman Front signals a more nuanced approach to the Kurds’s federalism demands.

18 Nov 05

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