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Faced with dominant rival, competing Kurdish parties reunite

Sulaimaniya’s PUK and Gorran parties have agreed to electioneer and vote together, hoping to clip the wings of acting President Massoud Barzani’s KDP.
At a ceremony in Dabashan, Sulaimaniya, Kosrat Rasul Ali (left, seated) and Nawshirwan Mustafa (right, seated) sign a political pact between the PUK and Gorran parties as PUK leader Jalal Talabani (center, seated) looks on, May 17, 2016. (PUK POLITBURO)
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