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Anadolu Agency (1 February 2026)

Laith Al-Jnaidi

Iraq’s parliament postponed a planned session on Sunday to elect the country’s president for the second time, amid ongoing disagreements between the nation’s main Kurdish political blocs, state news agency INA reported, without giving any further details.

Shortly before the session, Masrour Barzani, the head of the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq, said that no agreement had been reached over the presidential post, citing differences between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan over the candidate for the post.

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