Iraqi Kurdish leader Talabani leaves regional government

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The political conflict and administrative rift between the two main power centers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have intensified, with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the main Kurdish parties in northern Iraq, on Thursday withdrawing from the regional government..

ERBIL — The political conflict and administrative rift between the two main power centers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have intensified, with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the main Kurdish parties in northern Iraq, on Thursday withdrawing from the regional government..

PUK President Bafel Talabani announced the decision in a video message to supporters late Thursday, sharply criticizing the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).

He also threatened to take reciprocal measures if the KDP proceeded with unilateral political and administrative decisions in Erbil, raising the prospect of a renewed division between the two centres of influence in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah.

His decision follows public accusations by a senior official in the KDP that the PUK leader is involved in regional understandings.

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