Syria’s Ministry of Higher Education is focusing on “strengthening and rebuilding” the country’s war-damaged educational institutions, the minister told Rudaw on Saturday, explaining that encouraging academics to return from abroad is an important part of these efforts.
Oil exports from the Kurdistan Region will continue as long as “good intentions” persist between Baghdad, Erbil, and the oil companies operating in the Region, a senior executive from the federal body responsible for marketing Iraqi and Kurdish oil told Rudaw on Monday, noting that production is set to increase.
In a bid to resolve the ongoing financial crisis between Erbil and Baghdad, Rudaw has learned that Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Bafel Talabani and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein - a senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) figure - are set to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Tuesday, with Supreme Judicial Council head Faiq Zidan also attending.
A senior Hamas official revealed that the group has been engaged in direct and indirect talks with American mediators to end the war in Gaza, but blamed the delay on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's refusal to accept any Palestinian political presence in Gaza. Basem Naim also stated that while Hamas is willing to relinquish power in the Palestinian enclave, disarmament is non-negotiable.
Elham Ahmed, co-chair of Rojava's foreign relations office, told Rudaw in an exclusive interview that Turkey has dramatically decreased its attacks on Kurdish forces in northeast Syria (Rojava).
