BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney told reporters Monday in Baghdad that the five years in Iraq since the war's start has been "well worth the effort." "I think it's been a difficult, ...

1976 – Is involved in armed resistance against the government of Saddam Hussein. 1998 – Talabani and rival Kurdish Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani sign a peace agreement that provides ...

This headline alludes to works of literature to illustrate political realities, beginning with Ernest Hemingway's “A Farewell to Arms” and up to the Kurdish author Ronak Murad's famous novel about the ...

Bush landed at Baghdad International Airport on Sunday and traveled by helicopter to meet with President Jalal Talabani and his two vice presidents at Talabani's palace outside the Green Zone.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's health is "completely normal and stable", his office said on Monday, a day after he was flown to a Jordanian hospital because of low blood pressure. "The initial ...

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

1947 – At age 14, joins the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP). 1951 – Member of the KDP’s Central Committee. June 1975 – Leaves the KDP to found the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), an ...