Read Fast Facts from CNN about Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq.

Since Iraq's Kurdish region voted to secede last month, Kurds have reeled from territorial losses. Now, their president and longtime leader, Masoud Barzani, has declared he'll step down Wednesday.

In his first interview since pushing through an independence referendum that resulted in an Iraqi military attack, Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani tells NPR he's still "very proud" of the result.

Barzani, the leader of a stateless people, now stands in a position to decide the future of Iraq and with it, perhaps, that of the Middle East. He has spent his entire life navigating its fault lines.

Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and heir-apparent to the Barzani family’s multi-billion dollar business empire, is not having a good year. Earlier this year ...

Former Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani spoke to Mazlum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, to discuss the recent agreement between SDF and the Syrian interim ...

Barzani says he welcomes PKK dissolution TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – The head of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG ) has thrown his support behind the PKK dissolution after the armed Turkish ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday, continuing his series of high-level meetings in the capital ...

The Turkish delegation visited Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, near Arbil, capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), received ambassadors of the US, UK, France, Russia and China in Baghdad, explaining to them the ...

Sheikh Mohamed and Nechirvan Barzani hold talks at Qasr Al Shati in Abu Dhabi on MOnday. WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday received Nechirvan Barzani, President ...

TEHRAN- During his visit to Iran, Nechirvan Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, engaged in a series of high-level meetings with key Iranian officials.