Hoshiyar Zebari
latest news & developmentsTurk envoy tells Iraq no timetable for pull-out
Turkey declined on Wednesday to give Baghdad a timetable for the withdrawal of troops fighting Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq, resisting pressure from the United States and…
Rice pushes ‘roadmap’ as Turkish troops enter Iraq
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on a visit overshadowed by a Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, called on Iraqi leaders on Tuesday to urgently implement a…
Iraq conference looks at tensions on Turkey border
Turkey stepped up pressure on the United States to help curb attacks by Kurdish rebels from northern Iraq as a conference on Saturday of Iraq’s neighbours and major powers sought…
Turkey flexes military might amid Kurdish clashes
Helicopter gunships went into action against rebel Kurds in eastern Turkey on Monday while the government flexed its military muscle with massive national day parades and…
Iraq PM defends govt, urges regional cooperation
Iraq’s Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Sunday his government had made progress on all fronts and urged neighbouring countries to work together to stop what he…