Shafaq News/ The dissident wing of the Islamic Kurdistan Movement and Mohammed Bazyani's Reform and Development movement announced a merger under the leadership of Kamel Haji Ali on Sunday.
The move was made public in a press conference held earlier today in al-Sulaymaniyah.
Haji Ali said that Bazyani will be the spokesperson of the nascent movement.
The Islamic Kurdistan Movement was established by Mulla Othman Abdul-Aziz in Eastern Kurdistan in 1987. It was the first armed group in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
