PUK leader Bafel Talabani says party has withdrawn from Kurdistan Regional Government

Single source · Kurdistan Region, Iraq (approximate: Kurdistan) · 2026-11-06 11:41 UTC

Clash Report relays PUK leader Bafel Talabani saying the party has withdrawn from the Kurdistan Regional Government, rejected parliament's new leadership and will name its own leaders if the KDP appoints a president and premier. Middle East Spectator and Mediterranean Man relay the same statement as an announced intention to secede and form a 'Kurdistan 2.0' including Sulaymaniyah and Halabja, with a parallel government and institutions. All three appear to rely on Talabani's own statement and no independent confirmation is listed.

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Sources

• @clashreport (Telegram), 2026-11-06 11:41 UTC
• Mediterranean Man, 2026-11-06 19:29 UTC
• Middle East Spectator (MES), 2026-11-06 19:35 UTC

Changes

Changed 2 times. This event in the corrections and audit log

• 2026-11-06 11:46 UTC: Unverified
• 2026-11-06 11:50 UTC: Unverified to Single source (set aside)
• 2026-11-06 19:36 UTC: Single source to Single source

First reported 2026-11-06 11:41 UTC · Last updated 2026-11-06 19:52 UTC

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